Impeachment Move Against Ambode, Death Knell For Lagos APC – Oyebode

Renowned scholar Prof. Akin Oyebode warned on Friday that the
APC might be sounding its death knell in Lagos State with the
growing plot to impeach Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode.

Ambode is expected to vacate office on May 29 this year after
failing to get the nod of the APC to run for a second term.

He has been in political hot water since he fell out of favour
with the national leader of the APC, Mr Bola Tinubu, who is also
acclaimed as Ambode’s godfather.

Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
in Lagos on Friday, Oyebode, a renowned expert in international law
and jurisprudence, said that the APC might be bringing a “death
wish’’ to itself in Lagos State.

“The APC in Lagos seems to be making a death wish.

“First, you muscled out a performing man from a second bite of
the apple. Now, you want to throw him under the bus which, quite
frankly, amounts to an overkill.

“If they persist in this misadventure, the people will teach
them a lesson which they will never forget in the coming
election.”

Oyebode described the growing maneuver by members of the Lagos
State House of Assembly to impeach the governor as a misadventure
that could make APC to lose the governorship elections in the
state.

On Jan. 28, the assembly members said that they might impeach
Ambode over alleged gross misconduct.

The house also summoned the governor to appear before it within
one week over his failure to formally present the 2019 budget
before the assembly.

The house reconvened for an emergency parliamentary session on
Jan. 30, restating that that the governor might be impeached over
alleged financial infractions in the 2018 budget and the
yet-to-be-laid 2019 Appropriation Bill.

The house adjourned until Feb. 4, after summoning the governor
and relevant commissioners to appear before within seven days to
explain themselves.

The lawmakers warned that if the governor and the commissioner
failed to show up, the assembly would commence gathering of
signatures for the governor’s impeachment. (NAN)