Former militants in Niger Delta have reacted to the alleged plan to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan by daring members of the House of Representatives to carry out their threat and face dire consequences.
President of the Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, a body of former leaders of militant camps in the region, Pastor Reuben Wilson said carring such plan would amount to direct attack on the people of the Niger Delta.
Wilson said this in a statement on Friday that the legislators had no moral right to begin any impeachment moves against the president.
According to Wilson, former warlords and Niger Delta people were seriously behind the president and would take all legitimate steps to resist attempts to embarrass him. He said with Thursday’s drama at the National Assembly, the legislators had lost the respect of Nigerians.
The former militants said they were watching events in the country and would take necessary steps at the appropriate time to ensure that the nation’s democracy was not desecrated.
Wilson warned the National Assembly not to provoke them into visiting them to register their grievances concerning their conducts and show of disrespect to the office Mr President.
“They call themselves honourable members. But I can say that for legislators to scale the fence of the National Assembly to gain entry into the hallowed chambers, they have lost the respect of the public. It is only criminals that jump fences to gain entry into places, honourable people do not behave like that.”
The group said they were watching proceedings in the National Assembly, insisting that, the latest attempt to impeach the President will fail…
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