It is common knowledge that the victory of APC’s Bola Tinubu in the presidential election is being challenged in court. In their arguments, the petitioners said in line with section 134 of the constitution of Nigeria Tinubu should not have been declared as the winner of the election because he failed to score up to twenty-five percent of the votes cast in Abuja. Continue Reading>>>
However, speaking in an interview, Daniel Bwala a lawyer and spokesperson for PDP’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar said Tinubu will certainly be sworn in as president on May 29. He said the only thing that can stop Tinubu’s swearing-in is if the Court of Appeal rules before May 29 that without scoring 25 percent of the votes cast in Abuja Tinubu can not be president.Continue Reading>>>
About 22:42 minutes into a video shared on YouTube by Arise TV, Bwala said “I am a realist and I am also a Democrat. There is nothing constitutionally that suggests, as are moving, that Tinubu can not be sworn in as president on May 29 unless there is an order of court or this court that sits, that has been asked to give the privilege for them to argue section 134 (sic). So if the Court of Appeal gives that opportunity and holds the view that 25 percent is sacrosanct then there won’t be swearing-in”.
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