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…urges Assembly to halt planned impeachment of
governor
The Lagos State House of Assembly was on
Wednesday rocked by a massive crowd of
protesters, made up of a coalition of civil society
groups, friends, concerned Lagosians and well-
wishers of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode under the
aegis of Lagos Peoples’ Assembly, LPA.
They came to protest against and demand for
immediate stoppage of purported moves by the
Assembly to impeach Governor Ambode.
They carried placards and banners with different
inscriptions like: “Ambode is a performing
governor, we reject impeachment”, “Lagosians
love Ambode for his good works”, “Let there be
smooth transition”, “Enough of intimidation of
Ambode”, Lagos APC should be careful, election is
around the corner”, “We say no to impeachment”.
Answering reporters questions, leader of LPA,
Comrade Declan Ihekaire said “we are not here to
protest, we are here to show solidarity to Ambode
and the entire Lagos Assembly that there is no
basis for wanting to impeach His Excellency,
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode at this point in time.
“He is still a loyal party man and for that, he
deserves no impeachment and moreover we are
very close to electioneering period, we don’t want
a situation where the opposition will capitalise
and take over Lagos state”.
He said he is an activist but that he has always
been voting for good governance and good
governance should continue and “we believe a
synergy of Ambode, Sanwo-Olu and the House of
Assembly will make a better Lagos.
“A division in the house will bring a break in the
relationship, and Lagosians are watching and
Nigerians are watching, we call on both the
governor and Assembly to shield their swords and
rather concentrate on the dire need to complete
all the on-going infrastructural projects in the
state”.
Ihekaire urged the Assembly to stop the
impeachment plan “every politician wants to have
100 per cent, and if you have 80 per cent you are
now scoring 60, you should question yourself, If
you had 60 before and you are now scoring 80, it
is a plus; so we are advocating for a plus
because we want Lagos to be a better place for
us all”.
Referring to the letter the group delivered to the
Assembly, Ihekaire said “what we are saying in
that letter is that they should please let Ambode
be. “As far as we are concerned, as at Wednesday we
saw branded buses donated by Ambode to the
party, we saw branded T-shirts donated to
Sanwo-Olu campaign group by Ambode, we have
watched Ambode make statements to say please
go for my brother Sanwo-Olu and we are saying
that oneness should not be scattered”, Ihekaire
said.
Addressing the protesters on behalf of the
speaker and Assembly, Majority Leader, Hon.
Sanai Agunbiade who also received the protest
letter from the group commended them for their
peaceful conduct, saying democracy is all about
protest.
He told the crowd that, “you put us here to do
some job which we are doing to the best of our
ability, you have a right to tell us how you feel
about what we are doing”, assuring them that
there was no trouble or crisis in Lagos.
He assured them that their letter will be presented
to the whole House “as you have confidence in
us, so we have confidence in you”, Agunbiade
said.
Answering questions from reporters, Agunbiade
said he appreciates the peaceful way they came
to the Assembly, “it is democracy, people must
be involved in governance.
“It is our responsibility to make sure that we
make laws and do other oversight functions and
other things enshrined in the constitution; but the
people also have a right to observe what we are
doing and offer their opinion and their position
and that is what they have done and we are
going to look into the letter.
“We appreciate the fact that they say they have
confidence in the House, we want to assure
everybody that there is no crisis in Lagos, what is
just happening is that the legislature is doing
what it should in respect of other arms, people
have the right to view it differently: this is
democratic regime, there is freedom of expression,
they have come to express themselves and we
have told them we will definitely deliver the letter
and the House will consider the content”,
Agunbiade assured.
It would be recalled that on Tuesday, the Lagos
Assembly passed a resolution calling on Governor
Ambode to appear before it within one week to
explain why he must spend from the 2019 budget
which he has not laid before the House and that
failure to appear within the stipulated time the
House would commence the process to impeach
him .
source: thenationonlineng.net/protesters-besiege-lagos-assembly-alleged-ambodes-impeachment-plot/