Tinubu: Why It’s Hard To Unseat Nigerian Presidents – Rufai Oseni

Tinubu: Why It’s Hard To Unseat Nigerian Presidents – Rufai Oseni

According to Oseni Rufai, an Arise Television journalist, Nigeria’s presidency is similar to a monarchy and cannot be challenged.

He said this on 90Minutes Africa, an online TV show hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah.

Rufai stated that it is critical for the judiciary to resolve election petitions before the May 29 handover, as the incumbent will have an unfair advantage afterwards.

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This was stated by the broadcaster in response to a question about what would happen if Bola Tinubu was inaugurated while his electoral victory was still being challenged in court.

“Go and read the constitution of Nigeria. The Nigerian president is a monarchy,” he said.

“Every Nigerian president has always assumed it. Once he is sworn in, he assumes monarchical powers.

“A Nigerian president is like what the Yoruba calls ‘kabiyesi’. You can hardly question him.

“And that’s why people should also be active in terms of not politics alone but also in matters of constitutional reform.

“I thought that was going to make a lot of Nigerians protest on the streets but a lot of them didn’t get it.

“And that’s why we need to give this information to Nigerians that a president is saying nobody can question me. And even the national assembly, the representative of the people cannot question me.”

Rufai stated that the country had failed to follow the 2007 Justice Muhammed Uwais report, which recommended that election petitions be resolved before the swearing in of a new government.

“The Uwais reports in 2007 talked about every election litigation must be completed before the swearing in of the candidates. And the argument in the report was that it gives an unfair advantage to the incumbency once a candidate is sworn in,” he said.

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