16th May, 2023
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has said the inauguration of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as president on 29 May, is unstoppable.
Agbakoba, in a statement, said the inauguration was bound to happen under constitutional process.
He said while the election tribunal dealt with the petitions, there was no constitutional process to delay the inauguration on 29 May.
“It is important to state that the inauguration of Mr Bola Tinubu on 29 May 2023 is bound to happen under our constitutional process.
“While the election tribunal deals with the petitions there is no constitutional process to delay the inauguration on 29 May.
“We need to obey the rule of constitutionalism,” Agbakoba stated.
There have been moves to scuttle the swearing-in of Tinubu as president on 29 May by unscrupulous individuals, who have gone to court to stop the process.
Tinubu emerged winner of the February 25 presidential election in Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria.
He defeated the likes of Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), among several others.
Since he won the presidential election, main opposition parties have been trying to discredit his victory, with some of them making inciting comments against his victory.