The alleged plot for an interim government is alien to the constitution and an aberration, legal giants said yesterday. The jurists said no one must be allowed to scuttle democracy.
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They urged those aggrieved to allow the judicial process to run its course.
The Directorate of State Service (DSS) on Monday said it identified “some key players” in the plot for an interim government.
The senior lawyers reechoed the DSS’ position that the illegal scheme is unacceptable in a democracy.
Sagay said those behind the plot must be desperate losers, warning against a return to a past he described as bloody.
He said: “It is obvious that there can be no constitutional basis for an interim government.
“The very first section of the constitution says no government can be formed other than under the provisions of the Constitution.
“An interim government does not exist in our constitution. We don’t know what it means or what kind of animal it is, who constitutes it and how it is constituted.
“It’s just an act of desperation by people who have lost the normal electoral battle and are looking for anything to cause confusion so that any government can come in, except the one that defeated them. That is the way I see it.
“Those behind the plot should be fished out. It’s not a joking matter.
“We know how the last experience we had with the imposition of an interim government, how the late Sani Abacha used that as an excuse to jump in, and how we ended up with bloody, horrible years between 1993 and 1998.
“We pray to God never to see that again. We must not step out of this constitutional cocoon that God has managed to put us in since 1999. God has placed us there, and we must sustain it, otherwise, we’re doomed.
Meanwhile, Activist lawyer Falana described an interim government as an aberration.
He said: “There is no provision for the creation of an interim government in the 1999 Constitution. It is an extraconstitutional measure that may be set up by a military junta.
“The last interim government hurriedly put in place by the Ibrahim Babangida military junta in August 1993 after the annulment of the June 12 presidential election collapsed like a pack of cards after 82 days.”
The SAN doubt whether those behind the plot would be arrested.
“From the statement credited to the State Security Service on the matter, it does appear that the characters behind the interim government are well known to the Federal Government.
“Since they are influential members of the ruling class, they will neither be arrested nor prosecuted,” he added.
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