A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, has said that there is no constitutional provision for an interim government in Nigeria.
In a communique obtained on Thursday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) suggested that those behind the plot to install an Interim Government, must be handed the “gravest possible consequences” for their treasonable intent.
Agbakoba’s comments come a day after the Department of State Services – DSS alerted the nation to plots by some political actors to bring an interim government into power and stop Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being inaugurated as president of Nigeria.
Speaking further on the development, the Senior Lawyer said though the general elections might have been held under the most challenging circumstance, still, a president-elect has emerged and this fact he says must be respected and accepted.
The SAN called on all Nigerians to reject the alleged move which he termed as “nonsense” adding that citizens must respect the nation’s Constitution, “which has no provision for interim arrangements” .
He was of the opinion that if the presidential candidates have accepted the democratic process by lodging petitions before the courts, then it is very difficult to understand on what basis anyone considers that an interim government is a viable and legal alternative.
