President Muhammadu Buhari and Late President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua \u00a0(Vanguard)
\nOn Tuesday, March 9, 2010, President Muhammad Buhari\u00a0called for the impeachment of then President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who was ill and had not been seen in public since Monday, November 23, 2009.
\nBuhari urged the\u00a0Executive Council of the Federation\u00a0(EXCOF) to declare Yar’Adua incapacitated and have him impeached due to his inability to carry out his official duties.<\/p>\n
Buhari said further that Yar\u2019Adua\u2019s removal was the only viable option out of the political logjam caused by his long absence.<\/p>\n
Buhari made the comments when members of the National Unity Forum paid him a visit in Kaduna.<\/p>\n
He also criticized the National Assembly for using \u201cextra-constitutional measures\u201d to empower\u00a0Goodluck Jonathan\u00a0as Acting President when the constitution already had a solution to the problem.<\/p>\n
The Senate had, on February 9, 2010, controversially used the \u201cdoctrine of necessity\u201d to transfer presidential powers to Jonathan, and declared him Acting President until Yar’Adua returned to full health.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolitical expediency won’t remedy this kind of problem because if the Executive Council of the Federation had acted in accordance with the constitution, by invoking the necessary sections to declare the President incapacitated, we would not have found ourselves in this present situation,”\u00a0Buhari said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you can see, adopting extra-constitutional measures have not addressed the problem. If it had, we would not have been subjected to the raging debates and controversy going on.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we must go back to the constitution. The Executive Council of the Federation must do the right thing because once we start moving away from the constitution, then we are inviting anarchy,\u201d\u00a0Buhari added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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