A chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, has said that Ndigbo would never recognise any interim government or be part of the evil scheme, saying that interim government is unconstitutional, satanic and atrocious.
In a statement signed by him and made available to LEADERSHIP he insisted that those behind the call for the interim government were only trying to plunge the country into avoidable political crises and make the Igbo as scapegoats as Nigerians witnessed in 1993.
Mazi Isiguzoro urged the Department of Security Services (DSS) to apprehend those who are exponents of the interim government scheme and ensure that these unpatriotic elements did not derail the country’s democracy.
He said the plot is to forestall the smooth transition of power from President Buhari to president-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu adding that Ndigbo will participate fully in all pre-inauguration and swearing-in ceremonies of the president-elect Sen Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29th, 2023.
The Ohanaeze chieftain cautioned all those who are working behind the scenes for the enthronement of an illegitimate interim government to use the courts to vent their resentments and grievances.
“We are satisfied that Atiku and Peter Obi had explored the legal options in order to recover the mandates. Challenging the outcomes of 2023 Presidential elections in court is better than restraining a smooth transition of Power in 29th May 2023, as we will not allow unpatriotic politicians to truncate our hard-earned democracy.
“Ndigbo condemns the call for the establishment of an interim Government but insists that the president-elect should be sworn in by May 29, 2023.
“Ndigbo is endangered species in Nigeria and never again will Igbos be used as sacrificial lambs as we were used in 1993 during the Abiola saga, where a lot of Igbos were bullied, maimed, killed and their properties looted.
“The proponents of an interim government are already setting the stage through systematic burning of Igbo populated markets in Lagos and promotion of hate campaigns against the Igbo,” he said.
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