By Bode Olagoke
Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Jonathan Administration of plotting to hinder a smooth handover of power on May 29, saying it was becoming apparent that the outgoing government would not fully cooperate with the incoming government despite its public posturing in that regard.
In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party also described as “an act of hostility and a patently-misplaced aggression” the vituperation against the incoming Buhari Administration by the Jonathan government because of the terms of reference of the Buhari Transition Committee.
It said: “We are sick and tired of being blackmailed by the Jonathanians. Gen. Buhari won the March 28, presidential elections fair and square, having satisfied both constitutional and other statutory requirements.
“We have no apology for our victory, and the concession of defeat – while it may have increased the political stock of President Jonathan – has by no means diminished the historic and emphatic victory of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress.”
Justifying its statement that the outgoing government was plotting to hinder a smooth transition of power, the party said while it had earlier issued a memo to all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to make sure their handover notes were ready by April 20, the same government “has now reversed itself and said the handover notes will not be ready until May 14.”
“With the new date, the Buhari Transition Committee will have little or no time to take a thorough look at the handover notes or seek clarification on knotty issues.
“This does not augur well for a smooth transition and gives the impression that the outgoing administration is trying to hide something.
“By its dilly-dallying on the date for the readiness of the handover notes from the MDAs, the administration’s posturing that it is ready to hand over has been exposed as nothing but a smokescreen.”