By Ayo Kehinde
President Buhari
The Presidency has denied any link of President Muhammadu Buhari with the travesty of justice and undemocratic moves playing out in Benue State where 8 out of 30 legislators are seeking to impeach Governor Samuel Ortom.
Stating that Buhari would not be party to any unconstitutional act, the Presidency said Tuesday, that attempts to link him with the unfolding political drama in Benue was ignoble.
On Monday, eight members of the Benue Assembly threatened to begin impeachment proceedings against Governor Samuel Ortom, who last week defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party, along with 22 members of the state legislature.
In a statement, Mr Femi Adesina, Media Adviser to the President said:
“President Buhari will never be part of any unconstitutional act, and any attempt to link him with the inglorious past, when minority number of lawmakers impeached governors, will not stick.
“It will simply be like water off the duck’s back. Those with open minds know this, but those who cavil would rather source everything untoward to the President. It is murky ground in which they are now marooned, as fallout of their resistance to change in the country…
“President Buhari will always stand by all that is noble and fair, and will reject attempts to drag him into infamy. People who stoke fires by deliberate acts of omission or commission, and then summon the President to come and put it out will find that this President will be guided by the Constitution at all times, no matter the attempt to entangle him in unwarranted controversies.”
