Why President Bola Tinubu Should Be Impeached –Afenifere Faction

A faction of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has advocated for the impeaching of President Bola Tinubu, citing reasons why this should be.

The Leader of the group, Oba Oladipo Olaitan predicated his call on alleged conflict of interest in the award of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway contract.

Olaitan told Punch in an interview that President Bola Tinubu’s public declaration that the contractor handling the project, Gilbert Chagoury, was his partner during the inauguration of 30-kilometre, Phase 1, Section 1 of the coastal highway project, was in itself indicting.

This was in reference to the statement of Tinubu, while inaugurating the project last Saturday.

He had praised the Chagoury-led Hitech Construction Company, describing it as a “symbol of courage and commitment”, adding: “To the contractors and my partner in daring, it was tough for us…

“ We came together to tame the Atlantic,” Tinubu reportedly said, which the Afenifere faction now carpets, adding that the road was awarded without competitive bidding

“All President Tinubu is doing is building a road to his own Atlantic City.

“That road was not advertised for public bidding. It is a national shame. If we had a truly independent and vibrant National Assembly, they would have begun impeachment proceedings immediately.”

“Why commission just four per cent of the road? That road leads straight to their private development. If that part is done, they may abandon the rest. This is a clear conflict of interest,” the Afenifere leader insisted.

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“I am calling on the National Assembly to start the impeachment process now if they are a truly independent and vibrant national assembly and if they are not equally complicit. We can’t condone such a thing.”

Even the commissioning of just a small portion of the highway, did not go well with Olaitan.

According to him, it suggests that the government may have no further intention of pursuing the full stretch of the coastal road once the portion leading to Atlantic City is completed.

“The National Assembly must prove that it is not complicit.

“If they are truly independent, they must act now. We cannot condone this.

“This is not how to run a democracy. The president has admitted to a breach of public trust”, leader of the Afenifere faction added.