No room for interim government, Abdulsalami insists

A former Head of State and
Chairman of the National Peace
Committee for 2015 General
Elections, Gen. Abdulsalami
Abubakar (retd.), has ruled out the
possibility of an Interim National
Government saying he believes in
the assurance of the Federal
Government.
He also stated that the Peace
Committee, made up of security
chiefs, party chieftains and
religious leaders, would be
meeting with the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral
Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to
clear the controversies surrounding
the use of card readers in the
elections.
The elder statesman spoke with
journalists on Thursday night in
Abuja after a five-hour meeting
held with the stakeholders to
ensure that President Goodluck
Jonathan and the presidential
candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.) abide by the Abuja Accord on
the prevention of violence and
acceptance of election results.
The accord was sponsored by two
world reputable men of peace:
former Secretary-General of the
United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan and
ex-Commonwealth Secretary-
General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku.
According to him, elections will
hold on March 28 as scheduled,
while the May 29 handover date
remains sacrosanct.
He equally called on party leaders
to call their followers to order,
warning that the country cannot
afford to entertain violence after
the elections.
Abdulsalami said, “We are aware of
the controversies surrounding the
use of card readers and we are
going to meet with the INEC on this
issue. We are going to meet him to
educate us on where they are on
this matter.
“We are going to have a meeting
with the chairman of INEC to
ascertain what has been done
regarding their preparedness.
“We have been meeting to review
where we stopped at the last
meeting. We are aware that the
election dates have been shifted.
There have been a lot of rumours
circulating around the country
whether there are plans to form an
interim government.
“The President has affirmed that
elections will hold on March 28 and
there is no issue of interim
government. The Attorney-General
of the Federation has also said
there is nothing like interim
government. He has also said that
there are no plans to have an
interim government. We are
appealing to Nigerians to focus on
exercising their rights on election
day.
“During the meeting here, we were
fortunate to have the chairman of
APC and representative of the PDP
chairman. We are appealing to our
youths to ensure that they are not
used as thugs. It is always the
children of the poor that are used
during the elections. We appeal to
party leaders to tell their
supporters and candidates to be
law-abiding. We must ensure that
the peace we have had so far is
sustained.
According to him, the committee,
like every Nigerian, is not happy
with the violence and what
happened in Okrika, Rivers state. He
urged Nigerians to maintain peace
during the elections.
The meeting was attended by APC
national chairman, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun, PDP Deputy
National Legal Adviser, Alhaji Bashir
Maidugu, Presidential Adviser on
inter-party Affairs, Chief Ben Obi,
and Chairman of Inter-Party
Advisory Council, Dr. Tanko Yunusa,
amongst many others.
In an interview with journalists,
Oyegun said he aligned with the
position of the INEC chairman that
only the military could determine
whether election would take place
on March 28.
He said, “The INEC chairman was
being realistic (on election date), I
am not comfortable (with INEC
chairman’s stance on March 28). I
was not comfortable with it in the
first time and am still not
comfortable with it, but he was
being realistic.
“Part of the problem in this country
is that electoral violence refuses to
abate because law is not being
enforced. If there is law
enforcement added to our own
appeal, I think we will see
abatement. But if there is selective
law enforcement, because of this
power of incumbency, then you
cannot expect it to abate.
“There must be change, there has
to be change, if we de-escalate the
un-necessary political war that is
going on now. There is massive
attack on INEC, massive attack on
the use of PVCs, the massive court
actions that are going on now to
have our candidate disqualified and
even have the PVCs declared illegal
by the court of law.
“In law, you can get any kind of
judgement, anything before the
court is 50-50,” Oyegun added.

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