Sam Amadi, the director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, has clarified his earlier remark on the status of President-elect Bola Tinubu.
He underlined that Tinubu's inauguration can be postponed before May 29 owing to an ongoing tribunal dispute and that the title "President-elect" is not an official status.
This comment was first made by Amadi on Twitter, which led to conflicting interpretations.
In a series of tweets, he further clarified the issue by saying that Tinubu won't necessarily constitute the next administration.
Amadi said in his tweets that if the President-elect's proclamation is legally contested, there is no constitutional need to take office on May 29. Instead, the judiciary has the authority to overturn the President-elect's declaration.
He wrote, “Clarification on Legal Status of President-Elect.
“@officialABAT is PRESIDENT-ELECT. But he is not yet President.
“2. It isn’t automatic that he will form the next government. He has a serious case in the tribunal that can go either way.
“3. The tribunal can stop the inauguration before the 29.
“Like I always say, corruption in language leads to corruption in statecraft. Just as the law gave @inecnigeria power to make a declaration, it gives the judiciary the power to reverse it. There’s no constitutional duty to inaugurate on May 29 if a declaration is legally challenged as here.
“There is no fait accompli about the situation. Some use of language can create a false narrative where we believe that a declaration by @inecnigeria no matter how wrong constitutes a new government. No. It does not until the final court says so.”
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