The All Progressives Congress (APC) claims that those asking for an Interim National Government are unknowingly calling for a coup.
Anyone plotting an interim administration, according to the ruling party, should be imprisoned and punished because the move is unconstitutional and violates the country’s laws.
According to media reports, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) condemned the proposals for an Interim Government as illegitimate and unconstitutional on Thursday.
Major General Musa Danmadami, Director of Defence Media Operations, announced this in Abuja during the biweekly update with media on the operations of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
Danmadami claimed that individuals dissatisfied with the outcome of the presidential election are behind the call for an interim administration, calling them devious.
Bala Ibrahim, the APC Director of Publicity, backed the military’s stand, saying the DHQ is simply reiterating the primacy of the country’s Constitution.
He stated that the Constitution recognizes an elected administration and that anything adverse to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) acknowledgment of elections is unlawful.
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Ibrahim stated that the military cannot support the toppling of a legitimately elected government, and that calling for a coup is treason, punishable by death.
He said, “What the Defence Headquarters is saying is reiterating the supremacy of the Federal Constitution. And it is the Constitution that recognises an elected regime. It also recognises INEC as an electoral umpire. It is the same Constitution that says anything contrary to the recognition of INEC with regard to elections is akin to disagreeing with the Constitution.
“So, anyone who comes with something that is alien in the name of an interim government or whatever name not recognised by the Constitution is asking for the overthrow of this Constitution.
‘’Now, the military cannot under any guise support the overthrow of a legitimately elected government. To do that is to call for a coup d’etat and calling for a coup is a treason which attracts the death penalty.
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“Therefore, in agreeing with INEC’s position, the DHQ is directly agreeing with the Constitution and saying that they remain subservient and submissive to the will of the people as provided for in the Constitution.”
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