An appeal has been made to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, to boycott the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023.
The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, who made the call while speaking in an interview on Channels Television on Friday, pointed out that swearing in a ticket that has not yet met constitutional requirements is tantamount to violating democracy.
“Swearing in a ticket that has not met the constitutional requirements of the constitution. Whoever does not meet the constitutional requirements must never be sworn in.
“Mr. President, do not hold that inauguration. CJN, your lordship, do not partake in unconstitutionality.”
Speaking further, the Labour Party Vice-presidential candidate said the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu shouldn’t have issued a certificate of return to Tinubu.
He maintained that the process that produced Tinubu as president-elect was flawed.
It would be recalled that the Labour Party Vice presidential candidate had on National television on 22nd March, 2023, said swearing in Tinubu would be tantamount to inviting the military to take over the affairs of Nigeria.
Baba-Ahmed, had on March 22 edition of Politics Today on Channels Television, called on Buhari and the Chief Justice not to swear in Tinubu, whom the Independent National Electoral COmmission, INEC declared as the president-elect.
He insisted that declaring Tinubu a winner and issuing him a certificate of return was against the constitution.
