Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on the federal government to arrest and prosecute proponents of Interim National Government (ING).
The group said the agitation in some quarters to foist interim government on Nigerians after Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had been President-elect was the height of insubordination for the country.
The Chairman, Kwara State Wing of ACF, Dr Ghali Muhammed Ibrahim Alaaya, stated this yesterday (April 1, 2023) while addressing Journalists on the sidelines of the Annual Weekend Ramadan Lecture of Kwara State Television Authority held in Ilorin.
Alaaya noted that Nigerians chose their preferred candidate among the array of presidential flag-bearers during the general elections and wondered why those canvassing interim government were yet to come to terms with reality.
He explained that it was the resolve of stakeholders in the North, particularly Governors from the region for power to shift to the South with President Muhammadu Buhari, who is of the North, rounding off his second term of office.
Alaaya, an associate of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, observed that the call for power shift gathered momentum to allay the fear that the country was on the brink of breaking up should the Northern region holds on to power.
He maintained that the fact that the President-elect pulled majority of his votes from the North reflected the commitment of the region for power rotation.
“The Northern Governors, when they spoke, they did so bearing in mind that the trouble and expectation of this country is so clear. That governance must shift from the North to the South. That is not far fetched. There have been insinuations that Nigeria will breakup and everybody is afraid in the country.
“That decision (power shift) was made purely on a very good platform. They (Governors) had a very good intention and everybody fell in love with that decision. We have seen that since 2019, and you can see the preparation of the people including those in the diaspora. Every stakeholder in this country wanted the governance to shift from the North to the South so that this country will remain.
“It is very unfortunate that in the beginning of the elections; how Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu won in the primary. It is marvellous and a clean slate unexpectedly. I think everybody should be convinced that when the real election came, this man (Tinubu) won convincingly, and most of the votes he garnered were even from the North. It is very surprising that anybody will contest election and win in other regions other than his own to that extent so comfortably.
“Nigerians have spoken and we have done so loudly. It is so sad for anybody now to say that.. anyway, anybody however highly placed found advocating or supporting any interim government in any guise will be met with very stiff opposition. Anybody who does that should be arrested and prosecuted for treason because this is the height of insubordination for the country”, ACF leader said.
