The spokesperson of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe has dismissed calls for the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan as “utter rubbish”.
Abaribe spoke with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday on several issues including the Senate’s upcoming meeting with security chiefs on the State of National Security and the plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission to skip elections in some Norrthern states.
“I can also confirm that we will also host tomorrow (Wednesday), in a close session, the leadership of the country’s armed forces for an interaction with the Senate with regard to the security situation that the country is facing.
“After our interaction, if there’s need or if there’s something that we have to let you (press) know, I will also let you know tomorrow after the interaction with the security chiefs.
“We are not going to relent on making sure that the National Assembly continues to give support to our armed forces to be sure that the security of every Nigerian is guaranteed within the borders of Nigeria,” he said.
Speaking on INEC’s plans to withhold elections from Northern States experiencing security issues and placed under State of Emergency, he said he would not speculate on what would be the final decision.
“I will not go into the realm of speculation. But I can say that the state of emergency is for every six months and then it will be reviewed.
“I believe that before any election will hold, that six months for a state of emergency will have elapsed and then we will also look at what the position is.
“In fact, part of the briefing that we are going to get tomorrow (Wednesday) from the service chiefs will also be along this line of knowing what the security situation in all parts of the country is,” he said.
“So I don’t think that it will be right, at this time, to speculate on what is going to come forth in a year’s time because we know and we assume that things must have stabilised by that time”, he said.
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