Nathaniel Zacchaeus, Abuja
The South West Agenda for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (SWAGA), has asked those clamouring for the inauguration of the Interim Government on May 29 to forget about it because it would never happen.

The National Coordinator of SWAGA, Senator Adedayo Adeyeye, stated this at a news conference in Abuja yesterday.

He asked Nigerians to disregard those he called “the noise makers,” that were advocating for the arrangement.

The former Senate spokesperson also warned fake pastors and prophets not to destroy the unity of Nigerians with their reckless utterances.

He said, “I want to appeal to all Nigerians to disregard the noise makers, who are trying to create anarchy.

“Nigerians should also disregard fake prophecies. I saw a trending video in which one fake, useless pastor was saying that, yes Tinubu will be declared but he will not be sworn in and that an interim government will be formed. I will be a citizen of this country and allow that? It’s not going to happen.

“You want to ruin this country, you want to divide this country and destroy its unity. Some of us who are patriotic citizens won’t allow that.

“Nigerians have voted and a candidate has emerged. Then you said you are looking for an interim government. On what ground?

“What will be the legitimacy of the interim government? Who will constitute the interim government?

“On what mandate the interim government will be constituted? Who will be the members? People have to reason.

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“Millions of Nigerians have exercised their franchise and voted for a person. You may not like the person, that’s the beauty of democracy. Next time, it could be your candidate.

“Interim government will not happen in the country. Some of us who fought for this democracy will not allow it. In the case of the June 1993 election, the result was not even declared. So you could have doubts.

“The results of the 2023 election had been declared, we now have a president-elect. May 29 is around the corner, and by the Grace of God, he will be sworn in.

“Anything short of that, you are asking that Nigeria should come to an end. Those who are fantasising, and dreaming of an interim government should bury the thought.

“All the gains recorded during the 2023 election had been thrown away by some people, who are creating hatred all over the place. They should exercise caution. Democracy means there will be winners and losers.”

*Absolves INEC of electoral malpractices

Adeyeye, who was a former Minister of Works also exonerated the Independent National Electoral Commission from the various offences perpetrated by politicians during the just concluded General Elections in the country.

The Senator said, “INEC should be commended not blamed. The INEC chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu did a wonderful job. He keeps refining the system. I hope that the next election will be better than this one.

“Whatever problem we had with this election was not caused by INEC, though it has its little challenge, the large chunk of the problem was caused by the politicians.

“If there is any blame in this last election, it is the politician who prevented others from voting. It is politicians and their agents who destroy the ballot boxes at the polling unit, not INEC. How do you blame INEC for the violence recorded in some places?”

He wondered why the Labour Party which came third in the presidential election, should be claiming to be the winner of the polls.

He said, “It is worrisome that the LP that came third has been the most vociferous of the opposition to the outcome of the elections and has been the perpetrator of the electoral heist in this case.

“Otherwise, how come to the party that claimed it won Presidential elections only managed to win one governorship seat in the country 3weeks later?

“Are the voters suddenly angry with their party or do they no longer believe in it? A party that got 6,101,533 votes in the presidential elections struggled to get 1,170,290 votes in the entire governorship elections. Did the voters relocate from Nigeria?

“Let us remind them also that the interpretation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the duty of the court once any such matter is brought before it.

“The same court will determine the status of the FCT viz-a-vis the requirement of 25% votes when the time comes.

“We say enough of social media trials and attempts at misleading Nigerians, misinforming the populace, harassing the judiciary that has become the agenda of the LP in their bid to throw the country into chaos.”