There are indications that the All
Progressives Congress is uncomfortable with the May 28 handover date
proposed by the out-going administration.
Investigation by Saturday PUNCH
revealed that the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and the
President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) are set to clash over a
proposal by the Jonathan team to hand over the mantle of leadership to
Buhari on May the 28th, instead of the 29th.
Saturday PUNCH gathered that the Buhari team was already over what they considered as an act of ill-will laced with sinister motives.
This is sequel to an announcement by the
Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki, that President
Jonathan would perform the handover ceremony at a dinner on May 28.
Akwashiki made the announcement after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting.
She told journalists, “By May 28, the
President intends to have the formal handover done at a dinner so that
we can reserve May 29 for the incoming government.”
However, since the return of democracy
in 1999, the traditional date for the handover of power has been May 29,
which is also observed as Democracy Day.
This tradition has been the vogue for
the past 16 years. It also presents an opportunity for the outgoing
President to formally present the instrument of authority to his
successor in the full glare of members of the public, local and
international media, as well as foreign dignitaries.
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