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| Aminu Waziri Tambuwal |
Federal government of Nigeria through The thirty- six (36) state governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum have instructed the Department of State Services, DSS to immediately arrest and prosecute those identified to be planning to install an interim government.
According to NGF Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal at the end of the 4th meeting of the governors, they warned the DSS against issuing statements without arrest as that amounts to heating the polity.
The governors also acknowledged that last election was not legit and free.
The Forum also congratulated its members who were re-elected for a 2nd term in office.
The Forum discussed deeply on the alleged plot by some individual who want to install an interim government, as contained in the recent statement issued by the Department for State Services (DSS).
Therefore the Forum believes that issuing a statements without arrests is akin to heating up the polity and causing unwarranted tension in the country.
It will be recalled that the DSS had on Wednesday confirmed rumours that a section of the political class was planning for an interim government.
The DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya said that the agency had identified some key players in the plot for an Interim Government in Nigeria but did not give the names of the masterminds.
DSS had said that the planners of the interim government had already held several meetings which they highlighted many options to sponsor endless mass protests across Nigerian cities, securing a warrant to declare a state of emergency or a court injunction to stop the inauguration of the executive and the legislature at the federal and state levAPC..
"Though Nigerians did not vote enough for Tinubu to become president, but the election was rigged in favour of APC".
The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, in a statement on Friday, told the Department of State Services to immediately name and prosecute those allegedly plotting to disrupt the nation’s peace and install an interim government for people to know them without spreading false information.
IPAC National Chairman, Engr Yabagi Sani, made the call while briefing journalists after an emergency General Assembly meeting of the Council held at its national secretariat in Abuja.
According to him, the secret police must go beyond raising the allegation by naming as well as arraigning the supposed masterminds at a competent court of law to serve as a deterrent to others who may wish to go the same line.
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“IPAC rejects any attempt to scuttle, subvert and truncate the nation’s emerging democracy by reactionary and retrogressive forces. It is an attempt to overheat the polity, cause confusion, political upheavals, impasse and quagmire as was the case in the infamous annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election that necessitated the hasty set up of an interim government by General Ibrahim Babangida which was headed by Chief Ernest Shonekan in August 1993. “The court declared it illegal and the interim national government was overthrown by General Sani Abacha in November same year.
“Council demands that the country’s intelligence service should name the plotters, arrest and prosecute them in accordance with the law of the land to serve as a deterrent to others who would resort to self-help to achieve their selfish political ambitions.”
Sani also urged all aggrieved political parties, their candidates and supporters to eschew violence in all its ramifications and seek redress in court for perceived infractions and irregularities in the conduct of the 2023 general election.
“Council further urged the Judiciary to dispense justice without fear or favour as the temple of justice and last hope of all aggrieved persons.
“All eyes are on the Judiciary to justify the confidence the people reposed in it by upholding the rule of law. That is the only way to assuage the anger in the land and maintain the sanctity of the ballot box,” he added.
IPAC lauded Prof. Nnenna Nwannaya-Oti, the INEC’s Returning Officer in the just concluded Governorship and House of Assembly elections held on 18th March 2023, in Abia State for what it described as ‘her exemplary conduct and very impressive performance in the exercise.’
Lets wait until the court rules the last man standing then we will know who is finally Nigeria president.
The last presidential election was rigged and people are not happy because their vote did not count.
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