According to the Federal Government, President Buhari would not be prevented from handing power to Tinubu notwithstanding the court applications filed by the Labour Party.
The All Progressive Congress (APC) and INEC have been sued by the presidential candidates for the opposing parties for allegedly rigging the polls.
“On May 29th, there would be a peaceful formal transfer of power to the new President,” Boss Mustapha, chairman of the transition committee, said.
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reported that Bola Tinubu, the APC's presidential candidate, received 8,794,726 votes, while Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, the PDP's nominees, received 6,984, 520 and 6,101,533 votes, respectively.
The chairman of the transition committee, Mustapha told journalists, “all litigation, whether resolved or not, will not in any way stop the process”. He added that Buhari will not stay beyond the time allowed by the constitution. “The security committee has the responsibility to ensure that nothing happens to truncate the transition process. Nigerians are very law-abiding people”.
“There are provided avenues for those” who lost in the election “to make whatever legal inquiry they want to make but the process would continue unabated”. We would not create another constitutional crisis; on May 29, the handing over will take place,” he assured.
