The impeachment of Murtala Nyako, retired Admiral
and immediate past governor of Adamawa State is a serious matter.
It is capable of sending jitters down the
spine of other APC governors in the country especially those who have been so loquacious against President Goodluck Jonathan's re - election plans.
Before Nyako’s
impeachment, in Edo and Nassarawa States, Governors Adams Oshiomole and Tanko Al
Makura respectively have been sitting on the edge of their seats watching and waiting with
bated breath how they will escape the latest onslaught from their lawmakers.
In Nasarawa State, Al Makura has been served an impeachment
notice, thus opening a floodgate of political crisis between the executive and the
State Assembly lawmakers.
If Nyako’s case is a closed chapter, it is not so
for Oshiomole who is also on fire over recent development in the Edo State
House of Assembly.
The trend of impeachments of APC State Governors is
a source of worry. It is a big blow for the APC who recently caved in to the superior
political firepower of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ekiti State
where one of its governors, Kayode Fayemi was
roundly defeated by Ayo Fayose.
No doubt, the APC has every reason to raise eyebrows
over these developments. It has said the gale of impeachments against its governors is orchestrated by
the PDP and its agents in the presidency
The party has claimed that some governors on its
platform such as Rabiu Kwankwaso, Chibuike Amaechi, Rochas Okorocha of Kano, Rivers and Imo States have
also continuously been receiving threats of impeachment.
While the APC has every reason to suspect the
opposition, it is important to say that its outcry holds no water and is
baseless. Infact, it is a disease it inflicted on itself. Since the party came
on board, it has not successfully convinced Nigerians that it can do better
than the PDP whose reign in the last 14 years has not been a success story
either.
The APC wittingly or unwittingly succumbed to those antics and plagues
the PDP is noted for. Lack of internal democracy and other anti democratic tendencies displayed by its leadership
showcased the party as one that lacks what it takes to give Nigerians
alternative and responsible leadership. And because it elevated it to an art
which compelled some of its members to leave the party or on the verge of
leaving, the party has continued to sink into what one cannot decipher.
And because it
bared its fangs so early, the opposition PDP took advantage of its topsy- turvy attitude to make a mince meat of it. First the PDP
began to poach its members and then the clincher, used PDP members in the State
Houses of assemblies to move against APC governors as part of its grand design
to gain more States before the general polls in 2015.
However,the APC governors who have become punching
bags of their respective lawmakers should be blamed for allowing the opposition
PDP to have greater number of lawmakers in their State Assemblies. In Adamawa State for
instance, Nyako failed to take hold of the lawmakers and the party when he left
the PDP for the APC.
And if he did so at one time, he failed to sustain
his grip on them. No politician worth his or her onion will allow political
enemies sleep on his or her corridor. This is Nyako’s albatross and he has paid bitterly
for it. Other APC governors should gird their loins. it is not enough to cry blue murder when the deed is done.
It should strive to change its perception and revive that flame that choked the PDP when it announced its arrival on the political landscape of the country or .......
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