Labour Party’s Anambra State House of Assembly member-elect for Onitsha constituency 2, Hon. Pat Okafor, has accused the All Progressive Congress (APC) of instigating the call for interim Government.
OsunDaily News recalls that the Department of State Services (DSS) had accused some unnamed individuals of plotting to foist an Interim National Government (ING).
But speaking during a ‘thank-you’ reception he held for the LP faithful, electorate, and friends in his residence, Okafor said the instigation came from APC and President-elect Bola Tinubu.
He stated that they came up with the interim government plan after discovering that the Labour Party and its Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have weighty proof and concrete evidence on how the presidential election was rigged in favour of Tinubu, as contained in LP’s election petition already pending at the Appeal Court.
He said talks about interim government were also aimed at distracting Obi, LP, and Nigerians, especially the youths, from demanding a change of the old order.
The lawmaker-elect said, “Obi can’t instigate for interim Government because if there will be interim Government it is still the APC Government that will be in power. So it is APC and Tinubu that are jittery that Obi has gone to court as they demanded because he has proof and evidence of how he, (Obi), won the election but was rigged out.
“Obi has asked the people to calm down. You don’t arrest one without evidence. It is APC that is jittery about Obi’s victory during the Presidential election. Even Atiku Abubakar knows that Obi won the election and that is why they left the person that they said won the second position to accuse the third person, Obi, of instigating an interim Government.
“Obi won that election, let us see what the judiciary will do, it is going to be a public trial. The judiciary is going to be on public and world trials. That petition to the court by Obi rattles Tinubu and APC because it has facts in it. The evidence are there for the court to see.”
