Following the disclosure of the Department of State Security, DSS, that some people are plotting for an Interim Government, the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has called on the Federal Government to prosecute, for treason, those agitating for it.
The Chairman of the ACF, Kwara State Chapter, Mohammed Ghali-Alaaya, said it is the height of unpatriotism for some people to be agitating for Interim National Government when there is a duly elected President in the person of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
At the annual Weekend Ramadan Lecture of Kwara State Television Authority, which was held in Ilorin, Saturday, April 1st, 2023, Ghali-Ghali-Alaaya, while addressing the Media, insisted that Nigerians chose their preferred candidate among the array of Presidential flag-bearers during the General Elections.
He said he is perturbed that some elements would be canvassing for an Interim National Government and noted that they were yet to come to terms with the reality of that choice.
He explained that it was the resolve of stakeholders in the North, particularly Governors from the Region, for power to shift to the South, since President Muhammadu Buhari, who is from the North, is rounding off his second term of office.
The ACF Chairman observed that the call for power shift gathered momentum to allay the fear that the country was on the brink of breaking up, should the Northern region continue to hold on to power.
Ghali-Alaaya remarked, “The Northern Governors, when they spoke, they did so, bearing in mind that the trouble and expectation of this country is so clear that governance must shift from the North to the South. That is not far-fetched. There have been insinuations that Nigeria will break up and everybody is afraid in the country.
“That decision (power shift) was made purely on a very good platform. They (governors) had a very good intention and everybody fell in love with that decision. We have seen that since 2019, and you can see the preparation of the people, including those in the diaspora. Every stakeholder in this country wanted the governance to shift from the North to the South, so that, this country will remain.
“It is very fortunate that in the beginning of the elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu won in the primary. It is marvellous and a clean slate which was unexpected. I think everybody should be convinced that when the real election came, this man (Tinubu) won convincingly, and most of the votes he garnered were even from the North.
“It is very surprising that anybody will contest elections and win in other regions other than his own, to that extent, so comfortably.
“Nigerians have spoken, and we have done so loudly. It is so sad for anybody now to say that anyway, anybody, however highly placed found advocating or supporting any interim government in any guise will be met with very stiff opposition. Anybody who does that should be arrested and prosecuted for treason because this is the height of unpatrotism for the country,” the ACF leader advised.
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