The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN has alleged that opposition parties are plotting to use foreign lawyers to legally stop the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu before May 29.
In a tweet on his official handle, the All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain added that some legal practitioners have been flown to the country to do the job.
The Minister, however, ascribed the move and reactions it preceded as illiteracy, saying some unscrupulous characters are taking advantage of those he termed “nattering nitwits”.
He wrote, “I read somewhere that some supposedly learned fellow is assuring the nattering nitwits that the inauguration of @officialABAT can be legally stopped before May 29th and yet another story that some foreign lawyers have been flown in to achieve that purpose. And I read many excited reactions from these nitwits.
“Then I shook my head and murmured under my breath, ‘illiteracy is truly a disease and it is sad that some unscrupulous characters are taking advantage of these poor fellows”.
The Presidential Election Tribunal fixed Monday for the commencement of the hearing of the petitions filed by the opposition parties seeking to truncate the victory of Tinubu.
On its part, the presidency through Garba Shehu has announced that preparation for transition is in top gear as President Muhammadu Buhari is set to hand over power to the president-elect come May 29.
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