May 29: Bola Ahmed Tinubu Sworn-In As Nigeria's President

May 29: Bola Ahmed Tinubu Sworn-In As Nigeria's President

President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been sworn-in as Nigeria’s 16th President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria today, May 29, 2023.

The ceremony took place amid tight security at the 5,000-capacity Eagle Square venue in the capital, Abuja.

Ahead of the ceremony, a national public holiday was declared and Nigerians without an invitation were told to stay away from the ceremony.

Although, since Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared the winner of the 25 February presidential election, the opposition parties had disputed the results, and there have been fears of unrest.

According to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) election results declaration,Tinubu defeated 17 other candidates who took part in the election with a total score of 8,794,726 to emerge as the winner of the 25th February presidential election, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took the second position with a total of 6,984,520 votes, Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), came third in the election with a total of 6,101,533 votes and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP came fourth with 1,496,687 votes.

In his inaugural speech today, Tinubu told Nigerians his swearing-in was a “sublime moment.”

He also stated that the fuel subsidy is gone.