Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), Former Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace Committee for 2015 General Elections, has ruled out any possibility of an Interim National Government reiterating his believes in the assurance of the Federal Government.
He also noted that the Peace Committee, made up of party chieftains, security chiefs and religious leaders, would hold a meeting with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to clarify the controversies surrounding the use of card readers in the elections.
Abdulslami Abubakar who spoke to the media on Thursday night in Abuja after a five-hour meeting held with the stakeholders to ensure that President Jonathan and the presidential candidate of the APC's, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) abide by the Abuja peace Accord on the avoidance of violence and acceptance of election results.
The peace accord was sponsored by two world renowned men of peace: ex-Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan.
He further said, presidential elections will hold on March 28 as scheduled, while the May 29 handover date remains sacrosanct.
He equally pleaded with party leaders to call their followers to order, warning that the country cannot afford to entertain violence after the elections.
Abdulsalami said, “We are aware of the controversies surrounding the use of card readers and we are going to meet with the INEC on this issue. We are going to meet him to educate us on where they are on this matter.
“We will have a meeting with the chairman of INEC to know what has been done regarding their preparedness.
“We have been meeting to assess where we stopped at the last meeting. We are aware that the election dates have been postponed. There have been a lot of rumours going around the country whether there are plans to form an interim government.
“The President has re-affirmed that elections will hold on March 28 and there is no issue of interim government. The Attorney-General of the Federation has also said there is nothing like interim government. He has also said that there are no plans to have an interim government. We are appealing to Nigerians to focus on exercising their rights on election day.
The meeting was attended by PDP Deputy National Legal Adviser, Alhaji Bashir Maidugu, APC national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, Presidential Adviser on inter-party Affairs, Chief Ben Obi, and Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council, Dr. Tanko Yunusa, amongst many others.
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