Tinubu’s Inauguration May Not Hold As Prominent Nigerian Lawyer Says It Is Unconstitutional To Swear In ‘President-Elect’

Tinubu’s Inauguration May Not Hold As Prominent Nigerian Lawyer Says It Is Unconstitutional To Swear In ‘President-Elect’

Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said that it is unconstitutional to swear in the “President-elect”, Bola Tinubu, when the election petition tribunal has not given final verdict on his victory.

Ejimakor is the latest notable voice to make such demand, adding that there was nowhere the law provided that a winner whose victory is being contested by the opposition and whose victory has not been affirmed by the court must be sworn in.

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The IPOB leader’s lawyer, who said this on Thursday ahead of May 29th scheduled for Tinubu’s inauguration, argued that the finality of election results is decided by the court except where the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is uncontested.

He insisted that no part of the Nigerian law made such a provision, and therefore, it is unconstitutional to swear-in such a winner.

He said:

“Given that the finality of election result is decided by the Court, except where the INEC-declared result is uncontested, it’s unconstitutional to swear-in a winner whose victory has not been affirmed by the Court.

 

 

“Where’s the law that says such a winner must be sworn-in? None!” he said.