120 Heads of States want to attend Tinubu's swearing in - APC Chieftain

A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba has revealed that more than 120 Heads of State indicated their interest in participating in the swearing-in of the new administration.

Adamu, a chieftain of the ruling party made this known in an interview on Arise TV on Monday, May 15.

Various state agencies are preparing for the inauguration of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu set for May 29.

The former Lagos State governor defeated Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party in the February 25 elections despite both parties currently being in the election tribunal court.

"We have 120 Heads of States that have indicated interest in participating in the swearing-in of the incoming president and vice president"

Meanwhile, five residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, have approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court for an order to halt the ceremony.

The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/578/2023, applied for an order, restraining the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, any other judicial officer and/or any other authority or person from swearing in any candidate in the February 25 presidential election as President or Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, until it is judicially determined with finality or in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution that such candidate has fulfilled the requirement of Section 134(2) (b) of the Constitution.

They further want a declaration that, “the plaintiffs and other FCT residents have a legal interest and constitutional rights to be heard on the question of whether a President-elect must secure at least 25% of votes cast, on the first ballot, in the FCT, Abuja.”