Ex-militants Warn Lawmakers against Moves to Impeach Jonathan

Former militants in the Niger Delta have warned members of the House of Representatives that any move to start impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan would be seen as a direct attack on the people of the region.

The ex-warlords were reacting to reports that the House might initiate impeachment proceedings against the president over the handling of the defection of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
They urged the house to forget about any moves to impeach the president as they were prepared to resist any such moves.

President of the Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, a body of former leaders of militant camps in the region, Pastor Reuben Wilson, said in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Friday that the legislators had no moral right to begin any impeachment moves against the president.

According to Wilson, the former warlords and most Niger Delta people were strongly behind the president and would take all legitimate steps to resist attempts to embarrass him. He said with Thursday’s drama at the National Assembly, the legislators had lost the respect of Nigerians.
 
The former militant said they were watching events in the country and would take necessary steps at the appropriate time to ensure that the nation’s democracy was not desecrated.

Wilson warned the National Assembly not to provoke them into visiting them to register their grievances concerning their conducts and show of disrespect to the office and person of the president.