May 29: 'Tinubu’s speech shallow, defective' - Labour Party

The Labour Party (LP) has stated that Tinubu's speech on Monday after his swearing-in was nothing short of shallow and defective.

In a statement released by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, the inaugural speech showed the policy incongruity of the administration.

The statement further said that, the claim by the President that “the election that brought him to power was tough but fairly won,” was defective.

“Nigerians were aghast with the boldness and glee with which Tinubu declared his election as fair.

“We consider this audacity as a slap on the faces of millions of Nigerians who voted their conscience but were robbed by a collective power of state institutions and brute brigandage unleashed on them,” the party added.

According to the party, Tinubu’s inauguration as Nigerian president was “a celebration of lies and deceit,” and “That explains why the streets are like graveyards with no pomp and pageantry usually associated with a major” event like that.

Read more parts of the statement below:

“In the last eight years, Nigerians were constantly fed with the narratives that the previous government of the PDP brought economic and political calamity upon the nation.

“In all those years, the Buhari government made little or no effort to improve upon these challenges,” it stated, adding that “Nigeria is again about to be confronted with a similar scenario if not a worse scenario.

“We are now calling on the highest office in Nigeria, the office of the people, not to allow this government any space to toy with the destiny of this nation again.

“APC ruined this nation and we must not allow a worse situation again. We must wake up to our roles of holding accountable those in positions of authority."