Alleged Interim Government Idea Is Treasonable – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated that the idea of an alleged interim government in Nigeria is treasonable, warning persons promoting the idea to cease from doing so.

The Nigerian President made the statement in Daura, Katsina State, the birth place of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).

President Jonathan also visited the Emir of Daura, Umar Farouk, where he informed the monarch that the Federal Government had built 28 Almajiri schools and a Federal University in the state.

At the Emir’s palace, a traditional title -Dan-Baiwa of Daura Emirate – conferred on President Jonathan in 2011 by the emir of Daura was confirmed.

Sources close to the palace told Channels Television that Emir Umar Faruk conferred the president with the title since 2011, a coronation which was probably done away from the press.

However, Channels Television cannot independently verify the fact that President Goodluck Jonathan’s coronation was held on Saturday.

In a chat with the President, the Emir of Daura urged President Jonathan to ensure free, fair and credible elections deprived of violence.

‘Absurd And Ridiculous’

A leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, had alleged that he was offered an opportunity by President Jonathan to be the Vice President of a planned interim government.

President Jonathan has denied the claims, describing it as ‘absurd and ridiculous’.

At a Catholic Bishops’ conference on February 22, President Jonathan said he had no intention of heading an interim administration, insisting that “insinuations about a plan for an interim government are tantamount to treason”.

He stressed that there was no such provision in the Nigerian constitution.