Yunusa Tanko, the spokesperson of the Labour Party (LP),
says the party is not plotting an insurrection.
On Wednesday, the Department of State Services (DSS) said it
confirmed a plot “by some key players” to install an interim government in the
country.
The secret police alleged that some protests against the
outcome of the presidential elections were being sponsored by vested interests.
Reacting on Thursday during an interview on Channels
Television, Tanko described the development as a “conspiracy against the state”
in which the LP had no part.
However, the LP spokesperson accused the DSS of not reacting
to attacks on his party members during the elections but only speaking
afterward.
“When we went on the streets to campaign and our members
were maimed and attacked, where was the DSS? When our member was killed, where
was the DSS? When MC Oluomo made inflammatory statements saying people of
certain tribes should not come to vote in Lagos, nobody said anything. In fact,
it was alluded that the statement was a joke. He wasn’t invited by the DSS,” Tanko
said.
“Is it now that the Nigerian people are speaking to defend
the sovereignty of the country that the DSS is making statements?
“For us, we are following the due provisions of the federal
republic of Nigeria. Protests are part of the democratic system. In fact, the
DSS and the security agencies should come out and protect us even if we are on
the streets protesting.
“We are ready to follow the rules of engagement in our
democratic setting. That is why we went to court. We are not making any
inflammatory statements or mobilising anybody to come out on the streets to
fight.
“We are not part of any insurrection plans whatsoever. But
what I am saying is that we would protect the interest of Nigerian people based
on the provisions of the law which provides that where you are hurting, you
have the right to protest and that you would do so with the defence and
protection of the Nigerian security apparatus. That is what we would do but we
would not support any insurrection in any way.”
Datti Baba-Ahmed, the vice-presidential candidate of the LP,
said Nigeria has no president-elect for now.
Baba-Ahmed claimed that Bola Tinubu did not meet the
constitutional requirements to become Nigeria’s president.
He also asked Olukayode Ariwoola, the chief justice of
Nigeria (CJN), not to participate in the swearing-in of Tinubu as president
over what he described as a “violation” of the constitution.
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