'Tinubu not an illegal president' - NBA

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has kept the same position about the legality of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu's presidency.

According to the NBA, it is not right to refer to Tinubu as an illegal president since his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has not been annulled by the court.

The body of lawyers said this during the 63rd annual NBA conference in Abuja.

The lawyers said: “As at today, there is only one president and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in the person of President Bola Tinubu."

The president of NBA, Mr. Yakubu Mailyau, added that Tinubu was not an illegal president until the petitions challenging his victory were disposed of in his favour by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT),

On the controversy over his visit to President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Maikyau said it was unnecessary because his action did not contravene the constitution.

Maikyau concluded that President Tinubu did not get to the Villa of his own volition but through the constitution.