Court cases won’t stop President Buhari’s handover to President-Elect, Tinubu — FG.
1 min readCourt cases won’t stop President Buhari’s handover to President-Elect, Tinubu — FG.
By Naomisophyblog
Despite petitions filed by the presidential candidates of the opposition parties to challenge the results of the 2023 presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has promised a smooth transition of power to the new administration to be led by ‘president-elect’, Bola Tinubu.
“On May 29th, there would be a peaceful formal transfer of power to the new President,” Boss Mustapha, chairman of the transition committee, has said.
INEC which conducted the presidential election declared Tinubu the winner, having polled a total of 8,794,726 to defeat his closest rivals, Meanwhile, Atiku and Obi have filed petitions at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, to challenge the outcome of the poll.
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However, Mustapha told journalists in Abuja on Tuesday that the litigation would not prevent the handover ceremony from taking place.