A member of the House of Representatives, Francis Ottah Agbo (PDP, Benue), has condemned the calls for an interim government in Nigeria.
Agbo who represents Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency in a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr. Andrew Agbese, said having an interim government in place will be tantamount to truncating democracy as it has no place in Nigeria’s constitution.
He said “the calls in some quarters for an interim government in Nigeria is condemnable as it has no place in constitutional democracy.
“Democracy may not be the best form of government, yet there is definitely no better alternative to democracy and this underscores why all hands must be on deck to safeguard our fledgling democracy which we fought in some cases with our blood to evolve and sustain instead of calling for its truncation through the call for interim government contraption”
“I appreciate the concerns of those aggrieved and have lost hope in the judiciary and particularly the Supreme Court which has constituted a threat to democracy. I know aggrieved candidates in the 2023 general elections don’t trust the judiciary to deliver justice but I still enjoin those not satisfied with the outcome of the last general elections to seek redress through legal means. They should not throw the country into chaos and anarchy.
“Given that we have nurtured our democracy to this level, we should do all we can to safeguard it rather than call for a system that is not known to our laws.
“Nigerians will recall that the Interim Government experimentation in 1993 ushered in the Sani Abacha interregnum, which took the nation backward.
“The Department of State Security Service should do a thorough investigation to burst the plan and bring those behind it to book.”
