Senate President Godswill Akpabio
Akpabio dismisses impeachment story, as Senate probes DSS invading NASS report
The Senate is investigating the story that the Department of State Services, DSS, is in the National Assembly over purported impeachment of the President Senate, Godswill Akpabio.
However, Akpabio denied the invasion of the National Assembly by the DSS over the alleged impeachment move, and asked Senator Shehu Kaka, APC, Borno Central-led Senate Committee to investigate the matter and report back at plenary in the next twenty- four hours.
According to him, “Sen. Kaka, investigate and report back to us as soon as practicable.”
Indeed, the Order Paper had reported that the precinct of the National Assembly appears like a warzone this morning as men of DSS have taken over amidst speculations of an impeachment move against Sen. Akpabio.
The Paper stated that operatives of the DSS have taken control of the National Assembly amid allegations of a potential impeachment threat against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
It.added that, “speculations have swirled that some aggrieved Northern Senators,(allegedly dissatisfied with President Bola Tinubu, are reportedly reviving an earlier attempt to remove Akpabio from office.”
Akpabio refuted the impeachment story as a hoax during Wednesday’s plenary.
The Senate president said: “It has just been brought to my attention by one of us that there is fake news trending on social media that the DSS has surrounded the national assembly with possible impeachment of principal officers.
“There is no limit to social media. We are here sitting down and doing our work very peacefully oblivious of the mischief that is going on behind us.
“This is what we pass through daily. It’s either they use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to inject something to turn it around to drive traffic. I understand that they are being paid by YouTube.
“But I hope the public is aware that this is fake news and that the chamber is very stable and the issue of impeachment does not come in.”