May 29, 2023 will be another historic day in Nigeria. That day, Bola Tinubu will be inaugurated as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
But between now and that time lies a bridge at the Election Petition Tribunal which must be crossed.
Indeed, there are numerous petitions filed to challenge the outcome of the presidential election which birthed the emergence of Tinubu as president-elect.
Aside these many petitions, Tinubu’s inauguration is faced with heavy threats from opposition. Many say the inauguration will not hold.
However, the spokesperson for the defunct Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, begs to differ.
Keyamo says only God can stop the inauguration of Tinubu who is expected to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari.
Fool’s Paradise
In a statement released on Tuesday, Keyamo said the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not nursing any fear concerning the inauguration of Tinubu.
He says any opposition member who thinks Tinubu will not be sworn in as President on May 29 for legal reasons is living in a fool’s paradise.
“Why should we exercise any fear?
“Any opposition member alive now who believes that for some legal reasons Asiwaju will not be inaugurated must be living in a fool’s paradise.”
Prepare For 2027
Keyamo advises the opposition to focus on their petitions in the courts or start preparing for the 2027 general elections.
“Except there is an Act of God who is Almighty, nothing will stop the inauguration of Asiwaju.
“The opposition should just concentrate on their Petitions in court or start preparing for 2027.”
Adjudged Winner
Keyamo said this after a constitutional lawyer, Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru, filed a petition to the Court of Appeal.
Owuru and his political party, Hope Democratic Party (HDP), asked the Court in Abuja to halt Tinubu’s inauguration.
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The politician participated in the 2019 presidential poll on the platform HDP.
He wants Buhari, the AGF, and the INEC to stop taking any further steps on the 2023 presidential election that produced Tinubu as the winner.
Owuru, claims to be adjudged constitutional winner of the 2019 presidential election.
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He predicated his grouse against the inauguration of Tinubu or anybody else as successor to Buhari.
According to him, he is the constitutionally adjudged winner of the 2019 election and has not spent his tenure as required by law.
