Chief Nwobu-Alor speaking to newsmen shortly after the courtesy visit of a Governorship Aspirant of APGA in Kaduna state , Polycarp Danladi Gankon (DN) said the attitude of threatening to impeach the Governor for trivial issues of return ticket if it was true is most unfortunate.
Nwobu-Alor who was the Secretary to the Parliamentary, party caucus of NPP during 79-83 political era in old Eastern region said he will mobilize the citizenry to protest the impeachment notice if verified to be true adding that he is only hearing it as a rumour.
‘’The impeachment threat is unfortunate , uncalled for and anti democratic if it is verified and it is true. I will mobilize the citizenry against the proponents of the impeachment to protect our democracy……..’’
He insisted that the practice of returning members of the parliament of various Houses of Assembly in Nigeria is totally undemocratic as it is the right of individuals to choose who governs them or who represents them in a political position.
Nwobu-Alor insisted that the public uses re-election to checkmate erring elected officials in government by either rejecting them or re-electing them at the polls , adding that it serves as an avenue to reject those who have not performed and replace them with those who will perform.
‘’speculations are rife that the lawmakers are threatening to impeach the Governor and president for not granting them return automatic tickets and I am particularly pained by the rumours going on in Anambra that the legislators are threatening to impeach Governor Willie Obiano if he refuses to return them to the House . I want to believe it is rumour but if it is true that such attempt is being made by the lawmakers then the masses will revolt against that because it is overheating the polity. We will revolt to ensure that democracy is protected. It is recklessness for legislators to embark on such jungle acts and to throw away the tenets of democracy and resort to jungle acts.
He insisted that some of them will mobilize for removal of impeachment clause in the constitution as it has been proven to be abused by lawmakers, wondering why some few people would remove an official elected with thousands and millions of votes as it lacks justice and equity.
