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Group alleges plot to impeach Akpabio
A group, the National Grassroots Movement, has raised the alarm over what it described as a “well-coordinated scheme” by a bloc of northern senators to remove the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio.
The allegation comes amid recent denials by the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, who dismissed reports of an impeachment plot as unfounded and deliberately concocted to sow division within the Red Chamber.
Bamidele was reacting to comments by Senator Orji Kalu (Abia North), who had claimed that there were unsuccessful attempts by some senators to impeach Akpabio.
However, the NGM, in a statement issued on Monday by its National Coordinator, Tunde Felix, and National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Musa Mustapha, condemned what it described as a plot to remove Akpabio, whom it said has provided “steady and nationally balanced leadership” to the 10th National Assembly.
According to the group, Akpabio’s collaborative approach with the executive has been crucial in stabilising governance at a time when Nigeria requires discipline, unity and decisive action.
“The National Grassroots Movement raises the alarm over credible political manoeuvres pointing to a well-coordinated scheme by a bloc of northern senators to remove the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for selfish purposes,” the statement read.
“This scheme is not motivated by principle, reform or legislative conscience, but by desperation — a calculated power grab fuelled by wounded pride and the pursuit of political relevance through orchestrated alliances and sectional manoeuvring.
“Senator Godswill Akpabio has provided steady and nationally balanced leadership to the 10th National Assembly, refusing to turn the Senate into an opposition arena.
“His collaborative approach with the executive has been crucial in stabilising governance at a time when Nigeria requires discipline, unity and decisive action.”
The group acknowledged that leadership change is constitutionally permissible in the National Assembly but argued that deliberately engineering such changes through premeditated alliances, rather than genuine national interest, raises serious questions about motive and threatens legislative stability.
While condemning any attempt to weaponise ethnicity, religion or numerical strength to seize Senate leadership, the group warned against turning the National Assembly into a battleground for personal vendettas.
“While leadership changes in the National Assembly are constitutionally permissible, deliberately engineering such changes through sectional calculations or personal vendettas — rather than broad consensus and national interest — raises serious concerns,” it said.
“The National Grassroots Movement condemns any attempt to weaponise ethnicity, region or numerical strength to seize Senate leadership. The National Assembly must not become a battleground for personal scores or fading political influence.
“The Movement therefore warns, unequivocally, that Nigerians are watching. Party members are alert. Any effort to create crisis for narrow ambition will be resisted politically, exposed publicly and rejected morally.”
The group called on party members, patriotic Nigerians and democratic stakeholders to remain vigilant, reject manipulation and defend institutional integrity, warning that “sectional ambition must not override national interest, and anyone attempting to sabotage the Tinubu administration or destabilise the Senate will be held accountable.”
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