Shehu Sani advises Senators on strategy to get rid of Akpabio for mocking hunger protesters, other goofs
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Shehu Sani, who once represented Kaduna Central in the Senate, has counselled his old colleagues to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio and, in his view, the way to achieve that is by getting a consensus before openly moving against him for attracting ridicule to the Red Chamber.
Other Nigerians on X (Twitter) have called for the head of Akpabio for deriding the current hunger protest in a video that went viral a week after trolls forced him to apologise to Senator Natasha Akpoti for insulting her at plenary where he told her, “we are not in a night club.”
Akpabio disclosed Nigerians made over 2,000 calls to his wife Ekaette pressing her to tell him to apologise. He said his own handset too crashed under the weight of calls lambasting him.
Yet he goofed again with insensitivity while addressing delegates of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Rivers State.
“All of us feel the impact of what is happening now. But we are aware it will be for a short while. MD, I want to thank you for what you said. You said we are not interested in regime change; let us own this government.
“Those who want to protest can protest, but let us be here eating ….,” he said.
The comment put him in another round of fire from Nigerians who have little respect for lawmakers, all of whom they regard as corrupt and part of the problem in society.
Akpabio looks robust, dresses flamboyantly, and can afford to make jests while other citizens barely feed.
Senators earn salary and allowances worth N30 million per month, according to figures compiled and released by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Akpabio, as a principal officer, earns even more.
There are allegations that, because federal lawmakers earn so much money, some of them waste it on camping multiple women (their favourites being Nollywood actresses, tertiary education students, and youth corps members) at the same time to engage in sex orgies in Abuja and elsewhere.
Sani said a Senator should initiate Akpabio’s impeachment by consulting his colleagues and garnering enough numbers to push for his impeachment.
“Removing Akpabio is only possible if a Senator consults his colleagues and gets enough votes to initiate an impeachment,” Sani posted on X (Twitter).
“If the plot fails, the Senator may go on suspension till the next election. That is it.”
Rights activist Aisha Yesufu had also called for Akpabio’s impeachment.
“Dear Senators,” she wrote on X. “It is time to impeach Godswill Akpabio. It is still one of you that will replace him as Senate President.”
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