Preparations for the May 29 presidential inauguration have moved up a notch with the extension of an invitation to prominent Nigerians and global citizens to attend the consequential event.
On that date, the eight-year presidency of Muhammadu Buhari will come to a terminus. He will hand over the baton of leadership to the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
One of the prominent guests invited is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the February 25, 2023 poll, Mr Peter Obi.
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In the invitation letter, which included an embossed card, the LP presidential candidate was assigned Seat No. 101 at the VIP Pavilion.
The letter of invitation stated; “The Presidential Inaugural Committee is honoured to announce the inauguration of Bola A. Tinubu as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Kashim Shettima M. as Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Monday, the Twenty-ninth of May two thousand and twenty-three.”
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), had declared Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election having polled a total of 8,794,726 votes with Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) securing 6,984,520 votes and Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party garnering 6,101,533 votes.
Following the declaration of Tinubu as winner of the election by INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Mr. Peter Obi and his party filed a petition at the presidential election tribunal challenging Tinubu and the APC’s victory.
Obi specifically asked the Election Tribunal to direct INEC to present him with a certificate of return as the duly elected President of Nigeria instead of Tinubu having secured the majority of the votes cast in the election.
In the petition, Obi’s legal counsel, Livy Ozoukwu told the tribunal that Tinubu was not qualified to contest the election and was not duly elected by a majority of the lawful votes cast at the time of the election.
the 25th February 2023 Presidential election.”
Source: www.theconclaveng.com (excluding the headline)
