Samuel Oladipupo Essoodee
The Presidency has said that the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term will hold on May 29th and not June 12th as is being speculated.
There have been reports that the inauguration will hold on June 12th which the Federal government last year declared as the Democracy Day.
According to ‘The Punch’, a media aide to the President, Garba Shehu, said there was no truth in the report.
Shehu said, “There is no truth in that report. As a matter of fact, we will soon issue a statement on it to clear the air. The President was inaugurated for his first term in office on May 29, 2015. He ceases to be President on May 29, 2019, if he is not inaugurated for his second term on that day. For the avoidance of doubt, there is no plan to shift the President’s inauguration to June 12. The inauguration will hold on May 29. Those claiming that the inauguration will be shifted to June 12 are only trying to cause confusion in the polity. It is not true.”
