Latest developments indicate that the face-off between the Buhari-led Executive and lawmakers may not be ending anytime soon. In the same vein, reports have emerged that some members of Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber want the President out of office and if this escalates, it could spell doom for both arms of the government.

During the closed door session of the Senate on Tuesday, some members of the parliament reportedly discussed what they termed as ‘Executive recklessness,’ and its outright disregard for the federal lawmakers. According to reports, the lawmakers were emphatic that President Buhari had serially breached some provisions of the Constitution, thereby making it look as though the Senate lacked teeth to bite.

Since the inauguration of the Nigerian 8th Senate in June last year, its leadership has been battling with allegations of corrupt practices. The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, is currently undergoing trial over the false declaration of his assets when he was the Kwara State Governor between 2003 and 2011. Also, Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu are being tried for allegedly forging the Standing Order which produced them as the Senate President and Deputy Senate President, respectively.

Although the Senators accused of steering the president’s impeachment plot – Aliyu Wammako and Dino Melaye, both members of President Buhari’s ruling party – have denied their involvement in such plans, Buhari still cannot  rest on his oars because the pro-Saraki movement believe he has a role in the current ordeal of the Senate leadership, hence every move to victimise the President may seem right to the lawmakers. However, it is seemingly impossible to successfully complete any impeachment proceeding against a Nigerian President, mostly due to the ambiguity and long processes involved. Since 1999, all Nigerian Presidents have been threatened with impeachment at some point, but none of these plots or attempts saw the light of the day.

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