The
Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan, on Monday, said a plot by
former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the
All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to form
an interim government has been uncovered.
The minister said this
in Lagos at the launch of a book titled, ‘Watch the Watcher,’ written by
an activist, Yinka Odumakin, in reaction to Obasanjo’s controversial
book, ‘My Watch’.
Adesiyan said he had already directed the
Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba; and the Department of State
Service to arrest anybody that made inflammatory statements ahead of the
2015 elections.
He said, “Many of those in the APC are
disgruntled PDP members who are no longer relevant and because they
could not have their way, they have started to heat up the polity. They
have said they will form a parallel government if they lose.
“I have already told the IG and the DSS to arrest anybody making such mutinous and inflammatory statements.”Adesiyan
said his suspicion was fuelled by a threat by the Rivers State
Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, that the APC would form a parallel government
if the 2015 general elections were rigged.
He added,
“Obasanjo
is already planning to install an interim government with Buhari. But
we will vote and we will work with whoever wins the election.”Adesiyan,
who was detained in 2003 for the murder of the Minister of Justice,
Chief Bola Ige, said the former President was vindictive and was
fighting Jonathan because he (Jonathan) had refused to be used by him.
The
minister, who was later freed over Ige’s murder, said Obasanjo picked
Jonathan as the late President Umaru Yar’Adua’s running mate because he
felt he could control him but his plans backfired.
The minister said,
“He
picked a President that was sick and while we were campaigning for the
President, he (Yar’Adua) was always in Germany receiving treatment.
While many were lobbying for the VP slot, Obasanjo picked a gentleman,
Goodluck Jonathan, who had no strong political base so that he could
control him.“Unfortunately for Obasanjo, God had a
better plan and Jonathan refused to be used. Obasanjo, being the man
that he is, has now teamed up with Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar to
snatch power but Tinubu will outsmart him because we Osun people are
smart. Ask Tinubu, he is my brother, from my state. He is from Iragbiji
while I am from Ode-Omu.”The Director of Communications,
Buhari Campaign Organisations, Dele Alake, said it was silly for anyone
to say that Buhari was plotting the emergence of an interim government
when Buhari was also participating in the presidential election.
He said,
“It
must have dawned on Nigerians that the PDP don’t have any answer to the
multifarious problems plaguing Nigeria and that is why they have
resorted to mudslinging and character assassination.“If
Buhari was planning an interim government, why would he be running for
President in the first place? I think sanity has taken leave from them.
“Buhari
remains the only viable solution to the quagmire that Nigeria has
fallen into and it will take a disciplined person like Buhari to
straighten things out.”When contacted, a source close to
Obasanjo, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was only the
ex-president that could react to the allegation.
The source told our correspondent on the telephone, “It is only Baba that can react to the matter.”
Comments
Post a Comment