FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND CANDIDATE OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY, PDP, ATIKU ABUBAKAR, SAYS HE WAS NOT WORRIED THAT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT, BOLA TINUBU, WOULD BE SWORN IN ON MAY 29, BEFORE THE CONCLUSION OF PETITIONS AGAINST HIM.
IN A STATEMENT BY HIS LEAD COUNSEL, CHRIS UCHE, SAN, ATIKU, MAINTAINED THAT THE COURT, HAS THE POWERS TO SACK TINUBU FROM OFFICE, EVEN AFTER THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY.
ATIKU HAD IN HIS JOINT PETITION WITH THE PDP, MAINTAINED THAT THE DECLARATION OF TINUBU AS WINNER OF THE FEBRUARY 25 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS INVALID BY REASON OF NON- COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ELECTORAL ACT, 2022
ATIKU, WHO IS CURRENTLY CHALLENGING THE DECLARATION OF AHMED TINUBU OF THE RULING ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, APC, AS PRESIDENT ELECT SAID IS HOPEFUL THAT HE WOULD RECLAIM HIS MANDATE IN COURT.
