Nigeria presidential inauguration 2023 live as e happun
Plenti leaders from within Africa and across di world attend di inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as di 5th democratically elected president of Nigeria.
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Jelilat Olawale
Dignitaries don begin show face for Eagles square
All don dey set for di swearing in of Nigeria president-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu as di fifth Nigeria democratic Presido since 1999.
Di offical event begin wit match paarde from di military including men of di Nigeria Police Force.
Wetin we call dis foto, Match Past dey go on for Eagle Square Abuja
Wetin we call dis foto, Dignitaries don begin show
Wetin we call dis foto, Dignitaries don begin show
Wetin we call dis foto, Military pipo siddon
Wetin we call dis foto, guest don dey siddon to witness di inauguration of di new president
Security tight for Eagles Square
Wetin we call dis foto, Heavy security presence for Eagles Square
Heavy
security presence don already dey di venue where 71-year-old Tinubu, go dey sworn in as
Nigeria next leader afta Buhari eight-year administration.
Plenty operatives from di
Department of State Services, Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army plus oda
paramilitary agencies don full ground for di venue.
Plenty
patrol vans don also tanda for strategic position in and around Eagle Square wit
surveillance wey security agencies dey codedly carry out.
Di
Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali-Baba say dem dey 100% ready to ensure
security and dem go improve on crowd control.
GCFR: Tinubu promise not to disappoint as e gbab highest national title
Wia dis foto come from, Bashir Ahmed
Wetin we call dis foto, Tinubu receive GCFR titley for 25 Ma
Bola Tinubu
tell Nigerians say tins no go always dey smooth wen im become president of di
kontri.
Di
President-elect tok dis afta im collect di kontri highest national honour from
Muhammadu Buhari for Abuja on Thursday.
On 25 May, president
Buhari bin give Tinubu di title of Grand commander of di Federal Republic
(GCFR).
Im vice
president elect Kashim Shettima also collect Grand commander of di order of di
Niger (GCON).
“Our way no
go always dey smooth. Yet we get faith for our plan and belief for our
collective ability to overcome di challenges wey confront us.” Tinubu tok
But di
President-elect assure kontri pipo say im no go disappoint dem.
“I must run
dis race and must do it well. On security, di economy, agriculture, jobs,
education, health and power and for all oda sectors we must make headway. Di
pipo deserve no less. For this, I no go disappoint neither them nor you, Mr.
President.” Tinubu bin add.
“I be simple
man wey benefit from di support and goodwill of di people of Nigeria. Di pipo
put dia trust in us. You don do your part, Mr. President.’’
President
Buhari also hand di transition documents and di baton of service to di incoming
president for di event.
Tinubu bin hail
Buhari for im speech and torchlight some of di tins wey di outgoing president
administration do.
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Eagles Square don set for Tinubu inauguration
Wetin we call dis foto, Eagle Square, Inauguration venue, Abuja
All don dey set for di
inauguration of di former Lagos state govnor as Nigeria president for di next
four years.
Di Eagle Square, one big space
for Abuja, di kontri capital, where dem go use for di event don dey decorated
wit White and Green, colours of di kontri.
Last minute preparations don dey
go down for di historic handover of President Muhammadu Buhari to im party man
wey win di February 25 presidential election.
Heavy
security presence don already dey di venue where 71-year-old Tinubu, go dey sworn in as
Nigeria next leader afta Buhari eight-year administration.
Who be Tinubu?
Wia dis foto come from, Bayo Onanuga/Twitter
Wetin we call dis foto, Di media team of di president-elect release im official portrait ahead of di inauguration
Bola Tinubu, 71, dey widely known as di pesin wey reshape Nigeria commercial capital, Lagos.
Popularly called Jagban by im supporters, Tinubu na two times former Lagos state govnor, di commercial hub of di nation.
E bin also serve as senator during di brief third republic for Nigeria.
Tinubu na very influential politician alias ''Kingmaker'' wey don help many of im protoges climb high political trees across di kontri - na why dem dey call am.
E dey instrumental to di emergence of di outgoing president, Muhammdu Buhari during di 2015 and 2019 presidential election.
Past presidents, diplomats, heads of international organisations, prominent Nigerians and representatives of foreign goments and agencies.
Those foreign goments na United Kingdom, Canada, France, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, China, Germany, Finland, Jamaica, Japan, Israel, Turkey and several others.
African leaders like Macky Sall of Senegal, Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo, Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic, Paul Kagame of Rwanda amongst odas go also tanda for di 29 event today.
How Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerge president-elect
Wia dis foto come from, Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Di Nigeria electoral umpire, INEC,bin declare Bola Tinubu, di candidate of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, as di winner of 28 February presidential election.
Oga Tinubu defeat 17 other candidates wey participate for di election.
E score a total of 8,794,726 votes, wey mke am di candidate wit di highest vote.
Di 71-year-old also score over 25 per cent of di votes wey ontri pipo cast across 30 states, more dan di 24 states wey constitutional require am to get.
Atiku Abubakar of di PDP na im come second wit total of 6,984,520 votes while Peter Obi of di Labour Party carry third position with a total of 6,101,533 votes.
Di two leading rival plus few odas don carry waka go court to challenge Tinubu electoral victory.
Di Eagle
Square for Abuja don dey burst wit activities as Hand-over ceremony go shelle
soon.
In di next
few hours, Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, go formerly hand over di baton of
power to di President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu wey go direct di affairs of di
kontri for di next four years.
Buhari bin
gbab power eight years ago for 2015 afta one election of high hopes from
Nigerians wia e defeat former president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
Today, di
two-term administration of Muhammadu Buhari go end afta wetin many Nigerians
describe as one rough ride sake of challenges like economic, security, education
gbege wey bin trouble im gomment.
Meanwhile, for
im inauguration speech, Muhammadu Buhari bin tok one ogbonge tin wey bin
confuse Nigerians, e bin say “I belong to everybodi, I belong to nobodi”.
Despite di
mix reactions wey bin follow how Bola Tinubu become president,
Nigerians dey hopeful say di president-elect go hit di ground running once e enter
Aso Rock today.
Bola Tinubu go become di fifth democratically elected president of Nigeria since democracy return for 1999.
Welcome!
Welcome to BBC Pidgin live coverage of di inauguration of di 5th democractically elected president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu alongside im vice, Kashim Shettima.
Di event go start for 10am.
Twenty-eight govnors across Nigeria go also take oath of offices for dia respective states today.