A member of the seventh House of Representatives, Hon Bamidele Faparusi has advised the Senate to forget impeachment threat and embrace political solution to end the dispute over the controversy trailing the position of the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) Ibrahim Magu.
Faparusi said the mere fact that the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo espoused his opinion as a
senior member of the bar that Magu needed no confirmation from the Senate didn’t constitute a gross misconduct ‎that could warrant a resort to Section 188 of the 1999 constitution.

The APC said the lingering crisis between the presidency and the National Assembly could only abate if the two arms understood the doctrine of mutual respect and the principle of Separation of Powers.

Faparusi said the rumoured clandestine impeachment plot against Osinbajo has been heating up the polity and dividing the country along ethnic lines, urging those behind the evil plan to refrain in the interest of the nation.

He described the triumph of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) senatorial candidate, Dr Ademola Adeleke in the Saturday election in Osun West over his counterpart in APC, Senator Mudashiru Hussain as a signal that the APC must be meticulous by allowing the people to always have inputs in the emergence of candidates.

In a statement in Ado Ekiti on Monday, the governorship aspirant expressed regret that the APC’s control over the National Assembly had‎ waned in spite of having overwhelming majority in the two chambers.

“The constitution gives the power to appoint on the executive arm and the retention of Magu as Acting Chairman of EFCC didn’t negate the constitution. The presidency and perhaps Acting President Osinbajo could be deemed to have trampled on the law if he asked Magu to
continue in substantive status.

“What I expect the two arms to do in the interest of our dear nation is to imbibe the principle of mutual respect. The Nigerian citizens expected much from the President Muhammadu Buhari’s APC-led federal government in terms of the delivery of the dividends of democracy and
impeachment is not popular now in their minds.

“The senate as an institution shouldn’t be oblivious of the cacophony of threats caused by agitations by Indigenous People of Biafra, the Niger Delta Militants and the Boko Haram insurgents. All these are enough crises that are heating up the system and the issue of imbroglio in the two arms is only adding to the sufferings of the masses.

“In ending this crisis, I expect the two arms to exhibit mutual respect and think more of the people rather than reducing the crisis to personality clash”, Faparusi said.

On the just concluded Osun Senatorial poll, Faparusi advised that “That was an eye-opener for APC, particularly in preparations for the governorship election in both Osun and Ekiti States.

“We must allow the people to always dictate the tune. We must play all-inclusive politics by being tolerant and listen to all shades of opinions.

“In deciding who to fly the party’s flags, interests of some powerful leaders can be defeated because of the people, this is the hallmark of politics and such should be allowed to thrive for the survival of ‎APC”, he stated.