The plaintiffs also want a declaration extending the tenure of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari pending when a successor is determined in accordance with the constitution.
He said the argument that past presidents also had pending petitions even as they were sworn in did not hold water.He argued, “They had ticked all the boxes on paper and were deemed elected by the constitution. But the constitution does not deem Tinubu duly elected because he has not ticked all the boxes.”
“What we are interested in is that whoever would be sworn in should obtain 25 per cent in Abuja and if he does not, then there is nobody to be sworn in on the 29th of May. He said, “What I know in order not to sound presumptuous is that there will be a swearing-in on May 29 and if we get to win our case at the election petition tribunal, the swearing-in will only involve the president of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This is by the premises of section 146 .
But the Legal Director of the dissolved Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Babatunde Ogala, SAN, frowned on the application which he described as ‘a frivolous, vexatious and nauseating application.’