The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan of attempting to hinder a smooth handover of power.
The party wondered if Jonathan accepted the outcome of the election to score a cheap political point, saying the decision “not to cooperate fully with the incoming government” could be a justification of that.
“We are sick and tired of being blackmailed by the Jonathanians. Gen. Buhari won the 28 March Presidential election fair and square, having satisfied both constitutional and other statutory requirements,” Lai Mohammed, the national publicity secretary of APC, said in a statement on Thursday.
“We have no apology for our victory, and the concession of defeat – while it may have increased the political stock of Jonathan – has by no means diminished the historic and emphatic victory of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress.
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”Are they now saying that because the president conceded defeat, the incoming administration can no longer ask legitimate questions or seek clarifications that may arise from the handover notes?
“We will not surrender to any blackmail, subtle or otherwise. We shall ask questions and ask for explanations and clarifications whenever and wherever we deem such necessary.
“We cannot run a transparently honest government or fight corruption if we are prevented from asking legitimate questions and seeking clarifications from the outgoing government during the transition process. Let the Jonathan administration not tie our hands behind our back just because he conceded defeat after losing an election.”
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Mohammed further said that the federal government initially directed ministries to make sure that their handover notes were ready by April 20 but has now reversed to May 14 to apparently frustrate Buhari’s committee.
“With the new date, the Buhari transition committee will have little or no time to take a thorough look at the handover notes or seek clarification on knotty issues,” the statement read.
“This does not augur well for a smooth transition and gives the impression that the outgoing administration is trying to hide something.
“By its dillydallying on the date for the readiness of the handover notes from the MDAs, the administration’s posturing that it is ready to hand over has been exposed as nothing but a smokescreen.
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“It is either the outgoing federal executive council has something to hide or is bent on sabotaging the incoming government. There can be no other reasons for the misplaced aggression that was exhibited in that ill-intentioned, unprovoked and vitriolic statement from the Jonathan government.”
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Lai Mohammed should discharge his comments with decorum and stop crying wolf when there is none. Jonathan proposed handing over unofficially before 29th may; this same Lai read meanings. is two weeks not enough for any sane and intelligent person to go through a handover note of a few pages. Except APCis recycling mentally and physically weak persons for the change to come.
This lie Muhammed is bent on dis crediting everything done by GEJ,if GEJ has done anything to after the election that lead to chaos he will say that GEJ is desperate and refused to accept lost, but thank GEJ accepted defeat and we are now enjoying peace, lie Muhammed is now saying that he did that to score cheap political points. Nigerians now knows better, Lie Muhammed we are not perturbed by the thrash that emanates from your mouth,we know who you are(propagandist). Thanks God GEJ refused to fall to your trap. Lie Muh whether you like it or not GEJ is a hero, you jump into Lagoon