LP VP candidate urges Buhari, CJN to boycott Tinubu’s inauguration

The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has asked 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.

Baba-Ahmed made this call while speaking in an interview on Channels Television on Friday.

According to him, swearing in a ticket that has not yet met constitutional requirements is tantamount to violating democracy.

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.

Baba-Ahmed described the process that produced Tinubu as president-elect was flawed.

He said,  “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.”

Recall 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.

He insisted that declaring Tinubu a winner and issuing him a certificate of return was against the constitution.

Baba-Ahmed’s pronouncement met with criticisms.