“120 Heads of State to Attend”: Popular APC Chieftain Speaks on Why Tinubu’s Inauguration Cannot Be Stopped

“120 Heads of State to Attend”: Popular APC Chieftain Speaks on Why Tinubu’s Inauguration Cannot Be Stopped

  • The Monday, May 29 inauguration ceremony of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has continued to top debate in the nation's polity
  • A chieftain of the ruling APC has said the transition of power would hold as planned, and no agitation will stop it
  • The former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, further revealed that 120 heads of state had indicated an interest in attending Tinubu's inauguration, so it's a done deal

A former presidential aspirant and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Garba, has revealed why the May 29 handover cannot be shelved.

Garba noted that over 120 heads of state have expressed interest in attending the inauguration of Nigeria’s president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, May 29, 2023. Hence the ceremony cannot be stopped.

APC chieftain, Adamu Garba, Kashim Shettima, Bola Tinubu, May 29
Adamu Garba has said Bola Tinubu's inauguration cannot be stopped. Photo credit: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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Those trying to stop Tinubu's inauguration are jokers, Garba says

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In an interview on Arise Television on Monday, May 15, the APC chieftain described those filing suits to stop Tinubu’s inauguration as "jokers".

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He stated:

"There will be inauguration on the May 29th, 2023 and that inauguration will swear in Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and distinguished Senator Kashim Shettima as the vice president of the federal republic of Nigeria. There will be nothing called injunction.
"Those groups, faceless groups that emerge out of thin air to go to court and try to seek for injunction, are just waiting their time; a very serious waste of time. Because this election has been quietly and fairly won, election process that took place computersied, transparent for the whole world to see. We have the entire global leaders tuned into this election.

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"I'm telling you now, we have 120 heads of state that indicated interest to participate in the wearing in of the incoming president and the incoming vice president. so what are we talking about?
"Yes, some group of people will just emerge from thin air and try to file some riff-raff court judgement, trying to say they are going to stop the whole world from functioning, that's a huge joke.
"Because as I'm telling you here, the whole world is coming to Nigeria on May 29th to submit to the supremacy of Nigeria's democracy."

Watch the interview below, as shared by Garba:

Why Orji Kalu can’t be Senate president

Adamu Garba earlier made a shocking revelation about Orji Uzor Kalu's recent move for Senate president.

The APC chieftain said the former governor of Abia state might be qualified but will not emerge as the president of the 10th Senate following the party’s low performance in the southeast during the just concluded 2023 general elections.

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Adamu, who spoke on Monday, May 15, while featuring on Arise Television’s morning show, expressed confidence that the chief whip of the Senate would step down from the Senate presidency race.

Cleric reveals what will happen to pastors against Tinubu's inauguration

Legit.ng reported earlier that Bishop Kayode Williams, the renowned cleric and presiding bishop of the Christ Vessels of Grace Church Inc, cautioned some clergymen against the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, scheduled for May 29.

The cleric urged fellow clergymen to desist from fanning the embers of war about the outcome of the 2023 general elections in the interest of the country.

Williams made the comment while reacting to the attack by the so-called religious leaders against Bola Tinubu, the president-elect.

Source: Legit.ng

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