Atiku Angry Over Nyako’s Impeachment, Warns PDP

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned against the excessive use

of power by the PDP-led federal government, a tendency, he said, was not
good for decent democratic practice.
Atiku, who was reacting to the impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako of
Adamawa State, said in a statement issued by his media office in Abuja
that wielding the axe of impeachment against elected public office holders
to settle scores by the PDP-led federal government would needlessly build
up tension in the country.
The former Vice President said the reckless use of impeachment to settle
scores could not have been the intention of the framers of the 1999
Constitution.
He said the frequency with which elective officials were being shot down
by impeachment would destroy the whole purpose of inserting the
impeachment clause in the Constitution.

He regretted that the use of impeachment to harass and humiliate perceived
opponents by the PDP-led federal government would ultimately bastardize
the spirit in which the constitution provides for the impeachment clause.
The former Vice President admonished the PDP-led federal government to
take it easy in the way they use power, adding that the constitution was
not meant to provide ammo to anybody to harass and humiliate opponents or
force them out of office.
He criticized the use of financial inducements to influence the removal of
perceived opponents from office. According to him, triumphalism in the
suppression of opponents is a bad omen for democracy.