An unconfirmed report says the chief of army staff, Lt Gen Kenneth Minimah, will install an interim military government if the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), wins the February 14 presidential poll.
Citing “credible sources”, Abusidiqu.com reports that top level chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their counterparts in the army have been having a series of meetings to prepare for a Minimah-led interim military government if Buhari wins the elections.
According to the account, the current back-up plan by the Jonathan administration is for Minimah to lead an interim government for 6 months and then conduct new elections that will transfer power back to the PDP.
NewsRescue exclusively broke the news of an aide to Doyin Okupe, Deji Adeyanju, who earlier on hinted at this arrangement.
The purported blackberry messenger statement by Deji Adeyanju, was alleged to have said “Buhari can never be president of Nigeria. Quote me any day any time. Instead of Buhari to become president of Nigeria, Nigeria would rather break. A military coup will even be allowed than for Buhari to become the president of a democratic Nigeria quote me any day, any time.”
Although the federal government disassociated itself from the purported statement, sources say the Jonathan government plans to instigate riots and is planning to use Niger Delta ex-militants to stage attacks that will enable the scuttling of the elections at any stage.
Whether this report is true or not remains to be seen as the authenticity of the report cannot be independently verified.
Meanwhile, the APC last week said President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP are terrified of theoutcome of next month’s presidential election, hence their efforts to postpone the general election in its entirety.
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