Court Case Won’t Stop Buhari’s Handover To President-Elect, Tinubu – FG

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha has assured that President Muhammadu Buhari won’t spend extra day after May 29 to handover power to the President Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that Mustapha in a meeting with the Presidential Transition Committee on Tuesday said that efforts are being made to ensure that court cases won’t truncate the transiton process of power transfer.

He maintained that whoever has been declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will resume office.

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“President Muhammadu Buhari is not spending a day extra after May 29 to hand over power to whoever has been declared by INEC.

“The court processes will continue and we are doing everything to ensure that the transition process is not truncated; the federal government has issued a statement to that effect.

“The transition process is on course and all efforts are being made to ensure that it is smooth and on May 29, there will be a peaceful, formal transfer of power to the President-Elect,” the SGF stated.

What you should know

• Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar separately filed petition to the Presidential Elections Tribunal (PET) at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
• Obi has asked the court to declare him winner of the presidential election or cancel the election for a re-run.
• Obi argued that the electoral process lacks credibility, transparency and contradicts the INEC rules and regulations as stated in the Electoral Act 2022.