Igbo Patriotic Forum, an organization representing Igbo, has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) to postpone Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s oath of office until the resolution of the election complaints.
Recall that in the election held on February 25, 2023, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress won by defeating Atiku Abubakar and other formidable opponents like Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party.
However, his political rivals, former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi of the Labour Party and former Vice President of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic party, asserted that the election results announced by the electoral umpire were rigged in Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s favor. They have filed a lawsuit to challenge the outcome of the presidential election.
The petitions challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) declaration of the former governor of Lagos State could be quickly resolved before the swearing-in, according to Chief Simon Okeke, the chairman of the Igbo Patriotic Forum. He added that in the event that this could not be accomplished, the swearing-in could be postponed.
According to him, “The constitution never stipulated that the president must take office on May 29. So let’s give the judiciary room to operate.
We, therefore, call on the country’s judiciary to consider the general interest of the millions of Nigerians, as well as the corporate existence of Nigeria, in handling these electoral petitions in order to avoid a miscarriage of justice that may precipitate a serious crisis in the country,” the speaker continued.
