The Presidency has assured that the forthcoming general elections will hold as scheduled, while dismissing alleged plots of an interim government as jokes that should be stopped.
Recall that Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufa’I had alleged in an interview with an online news platform that a cabal around President Muhammadu Buhari was plotting the failure of the general elections.
El-Rufa’i said that those hoping to make the system fail, whom he described as non-state actors, were those who failed to pick the ruling All Progressives Congress’ presidential ticket for Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele and Senate President Ahmad Lawan.
However, in a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, which seemed to be a response to el-Rufa’i’s theory, said Buhari will not be associated with anything contrary to sustaining democracy, assuring that the elections will hold as scheduled as Nigerians desire progress and good government as well as a system that works.
“Elections, just a week ahead, will hold, and Nigerians will vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC, (and any others if they so wish) based on their choice.
“The days of unelected Nigerian leaders, and those who outstay their welcome by unconstitutionally extending it, have gone,” the presidency said.
it added: “The talk of an interim government and truncation of democracy is way off the mark. Those who peddle it stand to gain nothing- nothing at all -but the creation of panic and the incitement of the public against the federal government.
Reacting to the chaos trailing the cash swap policy, the statement called for calm, saying there is no need for panic as the administration is working at restoring normalcy.
