Musbau Babatunde
The Department of State Services (DSS),says it has uncovered strategies that would be employed by detractors to install interim government in Nigeria.
DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, who disclosed this in a statement,described such plot as an an “aberration and a mischievous” .
According to him, the planners have weighed various options, which include, among others, sponsoring endless violent mass protests in major cities to warrant a declaration of state of emergency.
“Another is to obtain frivolous court injunctions to forestall the inauguration of new executive administrations and legislative houses at the Federal and State levels,” Mr Afunanya said.
The illegality is totally unacceptable in a democracy and to the peace-loving Nigerians,the statement said.
It warned such planners to desist from.the action as the service would embark on legitimate means to thwart such action.
It implored stakeholders including the judiciary, media and civil society to be watchful and cautious to avoid being used as instruments to subvert the peace and stability of the nation.
While its monitoring continues, the DSS said it will not hesitate to take decisive and necessary legal steps against persons with such intentions.
The agency said it “supports the President and Commander-in-Chief in his avowed commitment to a hitch-free handover and will assiduously work in this direction. It also supports the Presidential Transition Council and such other related bodies in the States.”
