Northern House of Representatives Members Deny Plot To Impeach Gbajabiamila

The alleged plot by Northern House of Representatives members to impeach the House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila over failure to support the controversial water resources bill was on Tuesday debunked by the caucus of the group.

This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Northern Caucus, Musa Sarki Adar during plenary on Tuesday in Abuja.

He said at no time did the caucus hold any meeting for impeachment of the speaker.

Mr Adar said, “This is a sad day and coming at a time we should be talking of how to unite this country and provide leadership, we are being dragged down by the agent of destabilisation.

“I say clearly that what has been published is malicious lies aimed at planting the seed of discord among Nigerians.”

The lawmaker said Mr Gbajabiamila enjoyed the support of every lawmaker in the house, adding that his campaign to become speaker was hinged on, “nation building, a joint task”.

He said that the Speaker is from the South West and the person who contested against him was a northerner, but the northerners chose to support Gbajabiamila.

The Deputy Speaker, Idris Wase, while refuting the report said that there was nothing like impeachment going on to the best of his knowledge, saying “I am a northerner.”

“Maybe because the speaker is away and they want to gang me up against my colleagues too and that is why they are planting this story.

“For me, I want to say we are one and we are one in terms of our activities. The matter is hereby referred to the committee on ethics and privilege.

The Water Resources Bill is an executive bill that passed through third reading in the House of Reps during the 8th Assembly but was rejected by the Senate.

The bill was recommitted for consideration recently in the 9th Assembly and it raised a dust.