-Tinubu trying to flee from danger last week
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed a plot to truncate the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as Nigeria’s president, thereby paving the way for an interim government.
The DSS made this known in a statement issued by its spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
This is coming barely three days after the president-elect had cried out of a grand plot by the opposition parties to scuttle his swearing in on May 29, 2023.
The DSS’ statement reads inter alia: “The Department of State Services (DSS) has identified some key players in the plot for an Interim Government in Nigeria. The Service considers the plot, being pursued by these entrenched interests, as not only an aberration but a mischievous way to set aside the constitution and undermine civil rule as well as plunge the country into an avoidable crisis. The illegality is totally unacceptable in a democracy and to the peace loving Nigerians. This is even more so that the machination is taking place after the peaceful conduct of the elections in most parts of the country.
“The planners, in their many meetings, have weighed various options, which include, among others, to sponsor endless violent mass protests in major cities to warrant a declaration of State of Emergency. Another is to obtain frivolous court injunctions to forestall the inauguration of new executive administration and legislative houses at the Federal and State levels.
“The DSS supports the President and Commander-in-Chief in his avowed commitment to a hitch-free handover and will assiduously work in this direction. It also supports the Presidential Transition Council and such other related bodies in the states. It will collaborate with them and sister security and law enforcement agencies to ensure seamless inaugurations come 29th May, 2023.”
“Consequently, the Service strongly warns those organising to thwart democracy in the country to retract from their devious schemes and orchestrations.
“Stakeholders, notably judicial authorities, media and the Civil Society, are enjoined to be watchful and cautious to avoid being used as instruments to subvert peace and stability of the nation. While its monitoring continues, the DSS will not hesitate to take decisive and necessary legal steps against these misguided elements to frustrate their obnoxious intentions.”
Meanwhile,the Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari is eager to commence his retirement after handing over the mantle of leadership to President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on May 29.
The President’s Senior Special Assistant, Mallam Garba Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, reacted to a story published by an online media outlet insinuating that the President might not hand over power to Tinubu on May 29.
Shehu, however, denounced the story as outrageous and fake.
”The Presidency wishes to denounce as outrageous and fake, and condemns the fake news brigade for attributing a false quote to President Muhammadu Buhari and circulating it.
”How can you vigorously campaign for somebody, vote for him and then say you won’t hand over to him? This beggars belief,” the statement said./SHARE THIS
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