SUNDAY PUNCH’s investigations in
Abuja on Friday showed that the ruling party would soon set up
committees to lobby members of the houses of assembly to impeach the
governors. The governors who defected are Rotimi
Amaechi of Rivers State. Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano; AbdulFatah Ahmed of
Kwara; Murtala Nyako of Adamawa and Aliyu Wamako of Sokoto State.
However, Niger State Governor, Babangida
Aliyu, and his Jigawa State counterpart, Sule Lamido, who are also among
the PDP rebel governors, said that they had not left the ruling party.
Nevertheless, the two governors have remained vocal about their
displeasure with the state of the PDP. It was learnt that the committee in each
of the states would work out modalities to get members of the houses of
assembly loyal to the PDP to move against the five governors.
It was also gathered that the impeachment
plot, which members of the National Working Committee, had been
considering since the governors joined the APC on Tuesday, would be
formally adopted at the committee’s emergency meeting on Monday.
In addition to lobbying for the removal
of the governors, the committees are also to be tasked with the
responsibilities of ensuring that the PDP members in the state houses of
assembly remain in the party.
