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 $462m Tucano Jets: PDP Reps member calls for Buhari’s impeachment

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Honourable Kingsley Chinda, the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, has called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the withdrawal of $462 million to pay for 12 Super Tucano jets.

Recall that President Buhari had approved the withdrawal of $462 million from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to the United States government for the procurement of the aircraft without a prior approval of the National Assembly.

A letter from President Muhammadu Buhari to the leadership of the National Assembly had explained that the U.S. government had given a payment deadline for the aircraft purchase, otherwise, the contract would lapse.

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This explanation did not go down well with the lawmakers who argued that it was an impeachment offence.

Chinda, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) representing Obio Akpor Federal Constituency of Rivers state immediately called for the impeachment of the President.

But in a tactical move, the leadership of the House suspended till another legislative day, debate on the payment for the jets that would be supplied in 2019.

.new telegraph

 

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