Too early to impeach presidents in Nigeria Gowon
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gowon spoke against the backdrop of the submission of a report on motion for the impeachment of president muhammadu buhari over the purchase of 496 million tucano aircrafts without legislators approval1 it is too early to start impeaching presidents in nigeria former head of state gen. yakubu gowon retd has warned those plotting president muhamamadu buharis impeachment1 he told members of the northern leaders and stakeholders assembly nlsa who paid him a courtesy visit on thursday that disagreements are vital components of democracy1 there is no president that will not get impeached because of interest groups1 cautioning against the plot gowon explained that disagreements remained hallmarks of democracy and such be settled amicably1 impeachment is not necessary the option to disagreement 1 the plot to impeach president muhammadu buhari would not augur well for nigerias democracy he said1 he called on the different groups in the north to come together to project a common front adding that too many groups could send wrong signals to other parts of the country1 we need to come together as a people1 the arewa consultative forum northern elders forum and the northern leaders and stakeholders assembly should come together or we would end up polarising the north1 alhaji tanko yakassai the chairman of the forum and former presidential adviser in his remarks said the group was committed to sustainable peace and harmonious co-existence of all ethnic nationalities1 gowon is the former head of state of nigeria from 1966 to 1975. he took power after one military coup dtat and was overthrown in another coup1 he prosecuted the civil war from 1967 to 1970 and reunited nigeria1