Impeachment threat meant to make Buhari get to work – APC senator

Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, (APC, Bauchi north), has revealed that the recent threat by senators to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari was meant to make him get working on the problems affecting the country.

According to him, many senators across political divide had agreed at a closed session to serve an impeachment notice on the president.

“In the first instance, on that day, the Senate went into a closed session and it was at the closed session that these issues were discussed. Without divulging so much, I can tell you that majority of senators really felt there was the need to initiate that action. We have tried all within our powers except one thing.”

The senator also said lawmakers ensure the president “gets all he needs by way of budgeting”, and equally engage the service chiefs and other heads of security agencies to find out their challenges.

“When they (the service chiefs) divulge their problems to us, we try to proffer solutions and we go ahead to advise Mr President.

“When we realised that all that have not actually worked, the security situation was getting worse and even the financial situation in the country is not improving, we thought we are just one arm of the government and we are limited in the execution of proposals and the actual enforcement of suggestions and laws; we are not responsible for all that.

“What we can do is try to draw the attention of the Executive (of the government) that we have tried everything and the only thing we have not tried is that we have to draw your attention to the fact that we have a constitutional responsibility to pull your ears at it were by way of notice of impeachment and give you a chance.”

The Senator said he believes that Buhari “would take drastic measures before the ultimatum issued to him elapses.”