{"id":88922,"date":"2023-05-30T09:56:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T08:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/atiku-peter-obi-fail-to-congratulate-tinubu-after-swearing-in"},"modified":"2023-05-30T12:19:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:19:37","slug":"atiku-peter-obi-fail-to-congratulate-tinubu-after-swearing-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/atiku-peter-obi-fail-to-congratulate-tinubu-after-swearing-in","title":{"rendered":"Atiku, Peter Obi fail to congratulate Tinubu after swearing-in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Bola Tinubu took his oath of office as the 16th president of Nigeria on Monday.<\/p>\n

Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima\u2019s swearing in took place at the Eagles Square in Abuja.<\/p>\n

Following the event a lot of Nigerians and foreigners have been congratulating Tinubu for achieving his life-long dream of becoming a president.<\/p>\n

However, The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart from Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, have not congratulated Tinubu.<\/p>\n

Perusing their social media pages, our correspondent noticed that no message congratulating Tinubu was posted almost 24 hours after the event.<\/p>\n

Tinubu had defeated Atiku and Obi in a keenly contested presidential election in February.<\/p>\n

However, Atiku and Obi are in court contesting the outcome of the election.<\/p>\n

Both candidates are claiming they won the election.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Obi had said he won\u2019t attend the inauguration because he was not invited.<\/p>\n

A social media user, @delanoi wrote: \u201cThis is bad for Nigeria\u2019s democracy. Obi and Atiku should have congratulated Tinubu over his swearing-in. It does not stop the tribunal.\u201d<\/p>\n

@jimmajg: \u201cI think Atiku and Obi should have congratulated Tinubu but still push for their mandate in the tribunal.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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