IMPEACHMENT FEVER GRIPS APC GOVERNORS:NYAKO DOWN...AL MAKURA :WHO KNOWS?



The word "impeachment" derives from Latin roots expressing the idea of becoming caught or entrapped, and has analogues in the modern French verb empêcher (to prevent) and the modern English impede. Medieval popular etymology also associated it (wrongly) with derivations from the Latin impetere (to attack). (In its more frequent and more technical usage, impeachment of a person in the role of a witness is the act of challenging the honesty or credibility of that person.)

The process should not be confused with a recall election. A recall election is usually initiated by voters and can be based on "political charges", for example mismanagement, whereas impeachment is initiated by a constitutional body (usually a legislative body) and is usually, but not always, based on an indictable offense. The process of removing the official is also different.

Impeachment was first used in the British political system. Specifically, the process was first used by the English "Good Parliament" against Baron Latimer in the second half of the 14th century. Following the British example, the constitutions of Virginia (1776), Massachusetts (1780) and other states thereafter adopted the impeachment mechanism; however, they restricted the punishment to removal of the official from office. In private organizations, a motion to impeach can be used to prefer charges.[1]



NYAKO DOWN,IS GOV AL MAKURA GOING DOWN TOO?
If this impeachment succeeds, Al-Makura will be the second governor to be so impeached this year and the seventh governor to be impeached under the current democratic dispensation.


Al-Makura was the only elected governor under the defunct Congress for Political Change (CPC), but became a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) when CPC merged with the other opposition parties to form the APC.


While the 20 members of the House determined to impeach the governor are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the remaining four who did not endorse the impeachment paper are the only APC lawmakers in the House

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