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After Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is inaugurated on May 29, the senator-elect for Delta North, Ned Nwoko, claims it will be impossible to stop his four-year term in office.
Nwoko noted that the petition brought against the President-elect at the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal in Abuja might not be heard after he was sworn in.
Tinubu's victory in the presidential election on February 25 has been challenged by Obi in a petition.
In his lawsuit, Obi, who finished third in the poll, prayed that Tinubu's victory be overturned on the grounds that the election was marred by irregularities.
He claimed that the Labour Party lost because of its "poor assessment of the situation and unrealistic expectations." Given the 'poor performance' of the current APC administration, headed by President Buhari, he said that if the opposition parties had joined forces, they would have thrashed the ruling APC in the election.
“Once Tinubu is inaugurated as President, he takes charge of everything. He becomes the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces; he orders them and uses them as he wishes. He appoints new Chief Justice upon recommendation by the judicial council. So, you see, it is almost impossible to stop him from completing his four years tenure.
Moving forward, the PDP and Labour Party have to come to terms and make the next election more strategic. Natural alliance between both parties is the only way to save Nigeria from this inauspicious government.” he said
