A
group which described itself as Edo South Youth Coalition (ESYC), has warned
the lawmaker representing Edo South Senatorial District district, Matthew
Urhoghide, to either withdraw his motion invoking section 143 of the
constitution on President Muhammadu Buhari or risk getting recalled.
Mr. Urhoghide, had moved a motion for the impeachment of
President Muhammadu Buhari following the withdrawal of over $400 million
dollars from Excess Crude Account without legislative approval.
However, the People’s Democratic
Party (PDP) senator had denied moving the motion, saying he only asked the
senate to invoke section 143 of the constitution, which deals with impeachment
to get the president to do the right thing.
President Buhari has withdrawn $496 million, without proper
approval, for the purchase of fighter jets from the United States.
But the group, in a statement on Sunday, accused the senator of not
consulting with his constituency before moving the motion.
“We want to unequivocally say here that we are bonafide constituents
of Edo South Senatorial District and we deserve the right to know what our
representative is doing.
“Our action is to ensure that we get adequate representation in the
Senate.
“We call on Urhoghide to respond to the issues we raised in our
protest against him and should stop dragging the Deputy Governor and the Chief
of Staff who are not even from Edo South into the issue.
“We reiterate our position that he should withdraw his motion or we
will commence recall process against him.
“We demand that Senator Matthew Urhoghide withdraws his statement
totally as his 48 hours for his recalls ends 29th April 2018.
“We are a group that believe in proper representation and has
nothing to do with the person of the Chief of Staff to the governor.
“Edo state remain an APC state under Governor Godwin Obaseki who is
committed to bring good governance to the people as desired by President
Muhammadu Buhari” the group said.
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