A Lagos based human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has called on Nigerians to be prepared to contend with those he described as “political and economic predators,” who according to him may be waiting to sabotage the county's democracy.
He therefore issued a warning to Nigerians to be on the lookout for some anti-democratic forces, who may be working to ensure that the rescheduled March 28 and April 11 elections did not take place in order to pave the way for an interim government or to ensure that even if the polls held the results were rejected leading to widespread violence in the country.
In a paper entittled, 'Beyond 2015 general elections: delivering election promises,' Falana argued that, "There is no indication that the election will hold. If the INEC goes ahead with the conduct of the elections there are fears that the exercise may be sabotaged by anti-democratic forces.
"If the election holds the results may be rejected leading to a post-election violence which may threaten the corporate existence of the nation.
"In the circumstance, an interim government may be established and be saddled with the task of preparing the country for another political transition.
"In the alternative, a coup de tat may be staged by the top echelon of the armed forces under the pretext of restoring law and order and fighting the menace of insurgency.
"The military wing of the ruling parties succeeded in Mali and Burkina Faso. But having fractionalised the country along ethnic and religious lines the masterminds of the political crisis are not likely to profit from the perfidy.
"Therefore, the Nigerian people should be prepared for a long drawn out battle for the liberation of the country from political and economic predators."
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