The presidency has reiterated that President Muhammadu Buhari is all set to hand over to a new administration and nothing can keep him in office beyond the May 29 constitutionally accepted date.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu made this known on Friday evening while speaking with newsmen at the State House mosque.
The presidential media aide noted that Buhari has no interest in tampering with the constitution to enable him stay back in office or create an interim national government.
He however revealed that some persuaders have been urging Buhari to stay back in office by changing the rules or amending the constitution.
Shehu assured that instead, President Buhari is ready and fully committed to handing over to the next administration by May 29, 2023, and nothing will change the date.
“Nigerians can rest assured that from here, nothing will change. Before this time, persuaders would have filled up this place, begging the President to stay, amend the constitution, and change the rules.
“But given his own disposition, nobody would dare come into the Villa today and say, President Buhari, stay back, don’t hand over,” Shehu assured.
Shehu clarified the situation against the demands in some quarters for an Interim National Government to be set up instead of handing over to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who won the February 25 presidential election in Nigeria.
Department of State Services (DSS) also recently confirmed that some misguided politicians were scheming to scuttle the handover to a new administration on May 29. However, the secret police added that it would do all within its powers to ensure a peaceful and seamless handover to a new government