Atiku advises PDP against excessive use of power

Atiku stated this in a statement issued by his media office in Abuja yesterday in reaction to the impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State. He said wielding the axe of impeachment against elected public office holders to settle scores by the PDP-led government would needlessly build up tension in the country saying “the […]

Atiku stated this in a statement issued by his media office in Abuja yesterday in reaction to the impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State.
He said wielding the axe of impeachment against elected public office holders to settle scores by the PDP-led government would needlessly build up tension in the country saying “the reckless use of impeachment to settle scores could not have been the intention of the framers of the 1999 Constitution.”
He said the frequency with which elective officials were being shot down by impeachment would destroy the whole purpose of inserting the impeachment clause in the Constitution.
Atiku also criticized the use of financial inducements to influence the removal of perceived opponents from office. According to him, “triumphalism in the suppression of opponents is a bad omen for democracy.”