The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi has clarified his earlier statement in which he claimed that the “President-elect is not an official position.”
Amadi claimed that the President-elect, Bola
Tinubu’s inauguration could be stopped before May 29, insisting that he has a
serious case in tribunal that could go either way.
His statement was contained in a post via his
Twitter handle on Thursday.
Recall that Amadi said Governor Nyesom Wike
of Rivers State probably thought that the President-elect is an official
position, noting that Tinubu’s visit cannot be official.
The statement followed Wike’s declaration of
Wednesday, May 3 as a public holiday for the people to receive Tinubu, who was
invited by the governor.
The statement had attracted mixed
interpretations.
However, the public affairs analyst took to
his Twitter handle to make further clarifications, saying it is not automatic
that Tinubu will form the next government.
He wrote, “Clarification on Legal Status of
President-Elect.
“@officialABAT is PRESIDENT-ELECT. But he is
not yet President.
2. It isn’t automatic that he will form the
next government. He has a serious case in tribunal that can go either way.
3. The tribunal can stop the inauguration
before 29.
“Like I always say, corruption in language
leads to corruption in statecraft. Just as the law gave @inecnigeria power to
make a declaration, it gives the judiciary the power to reverse it. There’s no
constitutional duty to inaugurate on May 29 if a declaration is legally
challenged as here.
“There is no fait accompli about the
situation. Some use of language can create a false narrative where we believe
that a declaration by @inecnigeria no matter how wrong constitutes a new
government. No. It does not, until the final court says so.”
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