{"id":194001,"date":"2026-02-08T11:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/aisha-yesufu-urges-senators-to-impeach-akpabio"},"modified":"2026-02-08T13:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:03:21","slug":"aisha-yesufu-urges-senators-to-impeach-akpabio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/aisha-yesufu-urges-senators-to-impeach-akpabio","title":{"rendered":"Aisha Yesufu Urges Senators to Impeach Akpabio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Aisha Yesufu, Frontline activist, has called on the Senate to impeach its President, Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n<p>Yesufu charged the senators to stop saying Akpabio is the problem and stop playing the role of both the bad and good cop.<\/p>\n<p>She made the remark while noting that senators have the constitutional powers to ensure that real-time electronic transmission of election results is passed into law.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, she wrote: Dear Senators, stop playing bad cop, good cop with us. None of you is blameless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are either active or passive participants to disenfranchise the Nigerian people and subvert their power to choose who governs them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou all are supposed to be the voices of the people. Instead of press conferences, twitter spaces and media appearances, go to the red chambers and fight for the soul of Nigeria!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have the constitutional power and authority to ensure that real-time electronic transmission of election is passed into law. You did with state of emergency in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop telling us Akpabio is the problem! You all have the power to impeach Akpabio. DO IT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Aisha Yesufu, Frontline activist, has called on the Senate to impeach its President, Godswill Akpabio. Yesufu charged the senators to stop saying Akpabio is the problem and stop playing the role of both the bad and good cop. 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