There was uproar in the Senate yesterday after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening insecurity in the country.
The opposition senators gave the president six weeks to curb insecurity or face impeachment and walked out of the plenary.
There was division in the Upper Chamber over the motion for impeachment moved by Minority Leader Philip Aduda, which generated a heated debate.
Senate President Ahmed Lawan refused to accede to Aduda’s motion saying it was not properly tabled on the floor.
A senator who was at the executive session and plenary said the crisis broke out as PDP senators wanted the Senate to immediately serve a notice of impeachment on the president.
Aduda said: “During the closed session, we discussed the issues as they relate to security in the country and all the issues around it.
“And we had also discussed that we are going to come back to plenary to discuss the efforts that have been made so far on the issue of security in the country, after which we give an ultimatum to the President that he resolves this issue. Otherwise, we will give an impeachment notice.”
