Obasanjo, Buhari planning interim govt — FG

Obasanjo, Buhari planning interim govt — FG

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The Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan, on Monday, said there is
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, which 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.

“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,” he stated.

According to Adesina, 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.

“Obasanjo is already planning to install an interim government with
Buhari. But we will vote and we will work with whoever wins the
election,” he said.

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.

“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,” he stated.

But in a swift reaction, 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.

“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,” he stated.