President Jonathan To Be Served Impeachment Notice On Dec 3

According to Rep. Mohammed Tahir Monguno, President Goodluck Jonathan
is to be served with impeachment notice when the House of
Representatives reconvene on Wednesday.
Senators and members of the House of Representatives had commenced
collecting signatures for the removal of the president after the
November 20 security siege on the National Assembly. During the siege,
the speaker of the House Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and other lawmakers
were teargased by the
police.
House members began collecting signatures that same day while senators
followed suit two days after. And already, 200 members and about 60
senators were said to have thrown their weight behind moves to oust
the president.
Monguno, a former Attorney General of Borno State told Sunday
Trustthat he was one of the 200 members who signed the impeachment
motion on November 20, saying, "some newspapers published names of
those who signed the motion but my name was conspicuously omitted."
Arguing that president Jonathan had no reason to remain in office
anymore having failed to protect Nigerians against Boko Haram
insurgents, Monguno said:
"The federal government led by President Goodluck Jonathan has
woefully failed to discharge these responsibilities. The government
which is solely responsible for the security of the people has failed
to protect the lives and property of my constituents.
For five years now there have been consistent Boko Haram attacks in
various parts of my constituency leading to the displacement of a
whole local government in the constituency. Jonathan has woefully
failed to provide for the security and welfare of my constituents that
was why I signed the motion to oust him."The lawmakers further accused
the Jonathan administration of "monumental" corruption, saying, "for
any development to take place there is the need for dividends of
democracy to reach the people but because of the monumental corruption
that has characterized this government, development is no longer
reaching the people at the grass root and the federal government has
clearly demonstrated lack of capacity to fight corruption. The
executive arm of government led by President Jonathan is a massive
failure.
Of all the alleged constitutional breaches by the president, Monguno
said the security siege on national assembly was the final stroke that
broke the camel's back hence, the move to impeach Jonathan.
"We need only one third of the members of the House to serve the
president impeachment notice and so far we have got far more than that
so as we resume the motion will be formally tabled for the president
to be notified. It is only the removal that requires two third. When
we reconvene on December 3rd the president will be served impeachment
notice," he explained.