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Yar'adua Is Sick, Impeach Him Now! - Buhari Says In 2010 by Emeks008(m): 8:17pm On Feb 09, 2017
On March 9, 2010, something happened
which given the state of Nigeria right now,
can best be described as the mother of all
ironies.

The Nigerian president in that year was
Umar Musa Yar'Adua and he had been
sick and away from the country for a
while. The then vice president, Goodluck
Jonathan, was made the acting president
and the entire country was confused
about the exact state of Yar'Adua's
health.

Then an opposition leader, General
Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), joined the
growing number of Nigerians to call for
the removal of President Umaru Musa
Yar'Adua.
According to the This Day article dated
March 9, 2010, President Buhari
maintained that the only viable option
out of the present political logjam in the
country was for the Executive Council of
the Federation (EXCOF) to declare the
president incapacitated and have him
impeached.

Buhari, in 2010, said Nigeria should not
have been in the situation it was in the
first instance because the constitution
had made it clear on how an ailing
president could be succeeded.

Insisting on Yar'Adua's impeachment,
he said the refusal of the council to
follow constitutional provisions with
regards to the illness of the then
president had thrown Nigeria into crisis
and he argued that the 1999
Constitution was clear on the issue of
succession when an incumbent
president is incapacitated.

Buhari, who is the president now, said
all this when he received members of
the National Unity Forum in Kaduna
who paid him a solidarity visit.

Goodluck Jonathan was not spared, as
the former military ruler criticized
what he described as "extra-
constitutional measures", the measures
applied by the National Assembly to
empower Goodluck Jonathan as the
acting president when the constitution
already had a solution to the problem.

Below were his words from March 2010:

"Political expediency won't remedy this
kind of problem because if the Executive
Council of the Federation had acted in
accordance with the constitution, by
invoking the necessary sections to
declare the President incapacitated, we
would not have found ourselves in this
present situation.

"As you can see, adopting extra-
constitutional measures have not
addressed the problem. If it had, we
would not have been subjected to the
raging debates and controversy going on.
So, we must go back to the constitution.
"The Executive Council of the Federation
must do the right thing because once we
start moving away from the constitution,
then we are inviting anarchy.”

Re: Yar'adua Is Sick, Impeach Him Now! - Buhari Says In 2010 by Nobody: 8:25pm On Feb 09, 2017
Let us also impeach buhari now, the secrets are becoming too much.
Re: Yar'adua Is Sick, Impeach Him Now! - Buhari Says In 2010 by Nobody: 8:29pm On Feb 09, 2017
DoctorJosh:
Let us also impeach buhari now, the secrets are becoming too much.
Re: Yar'adua Is Sick, Impeach Him Now! - Buhari Says In 2010 by mmb(m): 8:39pm On Feb 09, 2017
Emeks008:
On March 9, 2010, something happened which given the state of Nigeria right now, can best be described as the mother of all ironies.
The Nigerian president in that year was Umar Musa Yar'Adua and he had been sick and away from the country for a while. The then vice president, Goodluck Jonathan, was made the acting president and the entire country was confused about the exact state of Yar'Adua's health.
Then an opposition leader, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), joined the growing number of Nigerians to call for the removal of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. According to the This Day article dated March 9, 2010, President Buhari maintained that the only viable option out of the present political logjam in the country was for the Executive Council of the Federation (EXCOF) to declare the president incapacitated and have him impeached.
Buhari, in 2010, said Nigeria should not have been in the situation it was in the first instance because the constitution had made it clear on how an ailing president could be succeeded.
Insisting on Yar'Adua's impeachment, he said the refusal of the council to follow constitutional provisions with regards to the illness of the then president had thrown Nigeria into crisis and he argued that the 1999 Constitution was clear on the issue of succession when an incumbent president is incapacitated.
Buhari, who is the president now, said all this when he received members of the National Unity Forum in Kaduna who paid him a solidarity visit.
Goodluck Jonathan was not spared, as the former military ruler criticized what he described as "extra- constitutional measures", the measures applied by the National Assembly to empower Goodluck Jonathan as the acting president when the constitution already had a solution to the problem.
Below were his words from March 2010:
"Political expediency won't remedy this kind of problem because if the Executive Council of the Federation had acted in accordance with the constitution, by invoking the necessary sections to declare the President incapacitated, we would not have found ourselves in this present situation.
"As you can see, adopting extra- constitutional measures have not addressed the problem. If it had, we would not have been subjected to the raging debates and controversy going on. So, we must go back to the constitution. "The Executive Council of the Federation must do the right thing because once we start moving away from the constitution, then we are inviting anarchy.”
i pity you PDP
Re: Yar'adua Is Sick, Impeach Him Now! - Buhari Says In 2010 by Keenysbojan(m): 8:44pm On Feb 09, 2017
make i book a space b4 d thread enter fp







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Re: Yar'adua Is Sick, Impeach Him Now! - Buhari Says In 2010 by BUHARIISCURSED(m): 8:46pm On Feb 09, 2017
grin
Re: Yar'adua Is Sick, Impeach Him Now! - Buhari Says In 2010 by Gozzzy(m): 8:56pm On Feb 09, 2017
buhari is sick(or dead), impeach him NOW!!!!!!

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