Inauguration of Tinubu: Fani-Kayode compiles information for the 2023 presidential election

Femi Fani-Kayode has published a list of 20 facts concerning the 2023 presidential election in advance of Bola Tinubu, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, being sworn in as the nation’s next president.

Tinubu received the most votes, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, declared him the victor of the presidential race.

In order to become president-elect, he defeated Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

Tinubu is set to be sworn in as president on May 29 despite the losers of the election contesting his victory in court.

Fani-Kayode, on the other hand, published information on his Twitter account that he claimed to be election-related facts.

Permit me to provide the historical details that will be established following President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s inauguration on May 29, 2023, he wrote in a tweet.

1. President Muhammadu Buhari would have served Nigeria for the longest period of any civilian or democratically elected Northerner in the country’s history.
2. President Muhammadu Buhari will be the only CORE Northerner (a person from the NW or NE), military or civilian, to have held office without dying or being overthrown by the military.
3. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, would be the first Muslim from the South to take the oath of office.
4. Kashim Shettima, the vice president-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will be the first Kanuri to take the oath of office.
5. A Muslim President and Muslim Vice President will be sworn in as democratically elected President and Vice President for the first time in Nigerian history.
6. Peter Obi is the first Igbo presidential candidate to win a presidential election in Lagos, Plateau, Nassarawa, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and the SE states gave him 94% of the vote.
7. Atiku Abubakar, the Fulani presidential candidate, received the fewest votes in the NC and was unable to win even one state in that zone, making this the first time in the history of our nation that this has happened.
8. For the first time in our nation’s history, the majority of citizens and North-based leaders INSISTED on a transfer of power to the South.
9. The Church publicly endorsed and supported one candidate (Peter Obi), and despite that candidate losing, it was the first time in the political history of our country that the Church took such a significant and active part in a presidential election.
10. This is the first time a presidential candidate and later President-elect (Bola Ahmed Tinubu) has been so opposed, denigrated, vilified, humiliated, misrepresented, and insulted by members of the opposition and even a few elements within his own party, and yet he managed to win the primary, win the election, overcome against all odds, come out on top, and be sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
11. This is the first time in Nigerian history that the leaders and citizens of the North and the SW have formed such a potent and formidable collaboration and unbreakable political alliance.
12. This is the first time in Nigerian history that a Vice Presidential candidate (Dati Baba Ahmed) has threatened the President, the Chief Justice of the Federation, and the Chairman of INEC with unspecified consequences, claiming that “no-one would safe”, calling for military intervention, and making treasonous statements on national television in the event that a President-elect is sworn in.
13. Because of the criticism he received from his opponents and what was said about him in an article, Vice Presidential candidate Dati Baba Ahmed wept publicly on national television for the first time in Nigerian history.
14. Peter Obi is the first presidential contender in Nigerian history to refer to a presidential election as a “religious war” and to encourage a bishop to use his church and the Christian community to win the state for him.
15. This is the first time in Nigerian history that a man attempted to protest and prevent a President-elect from being sworn in by holding up a plane and preventing it from taking off for more than an hour before being pulled off.
16. This is the first election in Nigerian history where the victorious presidential ticket lacked either Fulani or Christian candidates.
17. Atiku Abubakar lost in Rivers State and failed to receive 25% of the legal votes, which is a first in Nigerian history for a PDP presidential candidate.
18. Remi Tinubu is the first First Lady of Nigeria to have served as a pastor, a state’s first lady for eight years, a senator for eight years, and now the head of the country.
19. A Muslim president and a Muslim president-elect are enjoying and celebrating Sallah at the same time for the first time in Nigerian history.
20. This is the first time a Muslim president who was democratically elected would transfer office to a Muslim president-elect who was also democratically elected.