Post by Harry Haggi (@Accidentallyawake)

Legislatures Losing Independence
One of democracy’s pillars is separation of powers.
But in many Nigerian states:
state assemblies behave as extensions of governors,
or extensions of external political interests.
In Rivers, impeachment threats repeatedly surfaced amid factional loyalty battles.
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That is dangerous because impeachment is supposed to be:
rare,
evidence-based,
constitutional.
Not a negotiation weapon.
Once impeachment becomes normalized as a political club, governors stop governing and begin surviv

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