According to the African human rights group Centre for Democracy and Development, approximately 1 million voters were registered to cast votes.

He vowed to recover looted funds and properties of the state government.

He referred to Tinubu’s administration as a “temporary government.”

APC leadership anointed Akpabio and Jibrin for positions of the Senate President and Deputy Senate President, with Abbas and Kalu for Speaker and Deputy Speaker.

They were urged to attend and submit their list for security clearance.

They were urged to attend and submit their list for security clearance.

‘Gbaja’ will serve as a key liaison between the President and other government officials, political leaders, and stakeholders.

He charged them to promote the nation’s unity, peace and socio-economic development.

He said the governors were assuming office at a difficult period considering the timing of the removal of fuel subsidy.

He reiterated that the APGA policy of supporting the government at the centre has not changed, adding that it is the policy that he inherited from the former leaders of the party.

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and Osita Izunaso are separately talking to former Zamfara governor Abdulaziz Yari on the need for a possible alliance to defeat Akpabio.

When you say you don’t have jurisdiction to entertain a matter because the party has no locus standi it means everything that is before the court, no matter how articulate it is, is dead. 

He said the congratulatory message was not hinged on winning the elections as they are still in court to prove that the process was rigged and the election, stolen.

The Labour party condemned the approach, saying that it had made life harder for Nigerians.

Tigray’s Interim government is yet to respond to Debretsion’s remarks as as the temporary administration nears its end.

“…it exposed the shallowness and policy incongruity that his administration is hoping to bequeath Nigerians.”

“This is an idea that was not incubated three years ago, this is an idea that was cultivated right from 1992.”

“We shall consult and dialogue but never dictate. We shall reach out to all but never put down a single person for holding views contrary to our own.”

The leadership of the Labour Party has said the inauguration of Tinubu will not stop the party from retrieving its stolen mandate.