Gershom Bassey, a senator from the Cross River Southern Senatorial District, asserts that the impeachment conspiracy against President Muhammadu Buhari is legitimate.
In contrast, Bassey said in a press conference with journalists yesterday in Calabar that the impeachment, which is the second half of the notice to the President, shouldn’t yet be the center of attention.
He claimed that their initial threat was to convince the President to act right away within the next six weeks.
“I think the media somehow has missed the point of our action. The point is to ensure safety and security in our country. It is not impeachment yet, but to ensure safety and security in Nigeria. That’s why we have given 6-week threshold within which we want the executive, particularly Mr President, to do something about security in our country.
“Our best hope is that the President will respond to what we are saying, to what we are doing. And at the end of six weeks, everything would have been sorted out.
“It is the part one that should be the focus, not so much part two. Part two happens when we fail to achieve part one.
“In other words, if there’s continued insecurity without the type of response that we expect within these weeks, then we move to part two, which is impeachment process proper, which is real.
