May 29: 'Stay away from Eagle Square' - Transition Council warns troublemakers

The presidential transition council has urged Nigerians especially those who do not have business at Eagle Square, Abuja, on Monday, May 29, 2023, to stay off.

President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice-president-elect Kashim Shettima will take their oaths of office as the 16th president and vice-president of Nigeria on May 29.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, May 18, the national security adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno (retd), who is a member of the council, said all arrangements for accreditation and issuance of passes and identity documents for security agents had been concluded, Daily Trust reported.

“My only advice is that if you have no business in security, you need not be near the vicinity of the programme, especially on the Inauguration Day,” Monguno said.

Meanwhile, the former president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, will take part in the swearing-in ceremony of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima.

The chairman the presidential transition council and the secretary to the government of the federation, Boss Mustapha, on Thursday, said Kenyatta will deliver the inauguration lecture.