The All Progressives Congress factional Chairman in Lagos state, Mr Fuad Oki has dared the Lagos State House of Assembly to try caring out the planned impeachment of the governor, Akinwunmi Ambode.
Oki gave this warning in an interview with newsmen in Lagos, adding that the background of a directive issued by the state Assembly to the effect that the Private Sector Participation (PSP) involved in refuse disposal in the state should return to their job and that Visionscape, a foreign company hired for the job, was not known to the law of Lagos State.
Already, the House of Assembly has summoned the Commissioner for Environment, Mr Babatunde Durosimi-Etti, to appear before it, while demanding that Visionscape be made to refund all the money paid to it so far.
“Ordinarily, I don’t comment or discuss issues that arise from the social media but again to every rumour, there is an iota of truth. So, I want to comment based on what I want to perceive or assume to be the iota of truth therein and I want to dare the Lagos State House of Assembly to try it. Let them try it. You see, people who refused to learn from history shall be consumed by history.
“You talk about impeachment as if it is something you pick up from the shelf, like you serve impeachment on Monday and then carry it out on Tuesday. You think Lagos is Ekiti or any other state where six [lawmakers] can impeach a governor. I dare them to try it. Let them try it,” the party chieftain said.
Oki, whose faction is in court following the party’s last congress, said the state lawmakers appeared to have lost a sense of history, recalling that a similar thing occurred between 2009 and 2010 but ended nowhere.
“It seems they’ve lost a sense of history. In 2009 and 2010, a similar thing was tried. Where did it end?” he queried.
“Today, the governor and his government may not be as popular as we all love to see, but let them try it.
“I want to believe it’s a rumour. I want to believe they are all honourables, and I want to say this: I always pride myself to be the 41st member of the House because they are honourable men. I can vouch for them. I believe they would not allow themselves to be used or compromised. If they do it, they would see Lagos,” he warned.
In the meantime, the Save Lagos Group as described as unconstitutional and illegal, the attempt by the Assembly to impeach Governor Ambode.
The group vowed to picket the legislative complex of the state next week to warn the lawmakers against the attempt.
