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Ali Ali, coordinator of the Peace and Stability Initiative
(PSI), says the organisation has uncovered plans by local and foreign interests
to thwart the May 29 inauguration of the new administration in the country.
In a statement on Thursday, Ali said foreign agents
collaborating with local organisations masquerading as civil society groups are
at the centre of the plot.
He said the plans have been in the works since Tinubu was
announced as the president-elect on March 1.
“These agents of destabilisation have not relented in their
evil plots even though we are just a few days away to the May 29, 2023
inauguration of a new central government that will be led by the
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” the statement reads.
“Intelligence reports
indicate a new plot by local opposition elements goaded by a foreign union to
release a harebrained, skewed and stage-managed final report on the 2023
general elections in Nigeria, with emphasis on the presidential election.
“The heavily slanted report, based on the views of biased
observers, will be released any moment from now. It shares the same
denunciatory tone like the one released in March.
“The release is deliberately timed to achieve two sinister
objectives. One is to dampen the celebratory mood in our country ahead of the
inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and delegitimise the incoming All
Progressives Congress government that will be led by him.
“Second is to
intimidate and hope to influence the judgment of the Presidential Election
Petition Court that has just commenced the process of adjudicating on the
petitions before it.”
Ali described the plot as a “busybody and meddlesome” and
said the “international development agency” at the helm of the plot has
constituted itself into an interloper in Nigeria’s internal affairs.
“Nigeria is a sovereign state. It is no longer a vassal
state, tied to the apron strings of neo-colonialists, that can be harassed by
special foreign interests seeking to cause internal strife,” the PSI
coordinator said.
He maintained that the recent general election “was the most
peaceful, transparent, free and fair election in Nigeria since 1999 as attested
to by all non-partisan foreign and local observers”.
“Despite challenges
and sometimes boisterous nature of our politics, Nigeria’s democracy and
democratic culture are maturing. It can only get better and stronger to deliver
better governance outcomes to all Nigerians when it is nurtured and protected
by all men and women of goodwill,” Ali added.
“Since aggrieved parties that participated in the 2023
general elections have followed the rule of law by submitting themselves to the
election petition tribunals, we appeal once again to them and their foreign
collaborators to allow the already activated process to run its full course
without intimidation and undue external pressure. That is the only way to
preserve the sovereign integrity of our country.”
