Henry Omunu, Abuja
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the idea of an Interim Government being mooted by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on behalf of the Buhari Presidency.
The PDP says it cannot accept any form of unconstitutional governance and a contraption like an interim government because it is confident of a landslide victory on February 16.
Kola Ologbondiyan, Director, Media & Publicity PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, in a statement said a suggestion of an Interim Government, under any pretext can only come from desperate and unpatriotic minds in a failed administration or political party that has lost hope of being re-elected in a free, fair and credible election due to its manifest incompetence and humongous corruption.
He declared that every Nigerian knows the desperation of the APC and the Buhari Presidency ahead of the 2019 general elections in the face of incontrovertible indices pointing to their imminent defeat at the polls.
He accused the APC’s of hatching a plan B aimed at causing violence, derail the electoral process and blame it on the opposition parties.
“We hope such cruel plot, as revealed by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, is not the underlining reason behind the APC administration’s alleged neglect and undermining of our security forces fighting in the fronts.
“The PDP demands that Alhaji Lai Mohammed comes clear on the source of his information, if it is not a plot being hatched by the APC.
“He should tell Nigerians if his source was the Police, the military or the Directorate of State Services (DSS) so that they can appropriately channel their concerns.
“The PDP therefore urges Nigerians to be at alert and keep an eye on the APC in their nefarious plans against our nation, now that they have made their strategy public.
“On our own part, the PDP is prepared and ready for the elections. We have been going round the country peacefully, campaigning and presenting our candidate, policies and programmes to the electorate,” Kola stated.
The PDP according to him, will not accept any form of interim government, not when Nigerians have already attained a consensus to rally behind and vote in the peoples Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as their next President, come February 16.
