Proposed May 28 Handover by GEJ Suspicious – APC

The president Jonathan led administration stated a little while ago that it plans to hand over to the incoming government which would be led by Muhammadu Buhari – Well, it looks like the All Progressives Congress is uncomfortable with the May 28 handover date…

Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki, had announcement to journalists after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting that “By May 28, the President intends to have the formal handover done at a dinner so that we can reserve May 29 for the incoming government.”
Well, according to investigation by PUNCH, it was revealed that the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) are set to clash over a proposal by the Jonathan team to hand over the mantle of leadership to Buhari on May the 28th, instead of the 29th – As the Buhari team are suspicious the proposed May 28 handover was an act of ill-will laced with sinister motives.
However, since the return of democracy in 1999, the traditional date for the handover of power has been May 29, which is also observed as Democracy Day and this tradition has been what it is for the past 16 years. It also presents an opportunity for the outgoing President to formally present the instrument of authority to his successor in the full glare of members of the public, local and international media, as well as foreign dignitaries.
An All Progressives Congress member, who spoke on condition of anonymity “It is simply not acceptable, we are rejecting it, it is a trap.”

“How can anyone explain a situation where an outgoing president and his team will conveniently excuse themselves from an event where they are supposed to play a role when the President-elect and the Vice-President- elect are supposed to be present?”

“If Jonathan hands over on the 28th, who accounts for the hours before the morning of the 29th when the Chief Justice of the Federation is to administer the oath of office and the oath of allegiance?
“What if there is even a sinister motive to this whole saga? As the President of the nation; who will still be the Chief Security officer until he hands over, there is no excuse that is strong enough to excuse him from the event.”

A member of the Buhari campaign team, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, said:

“That statement is loaded and it shows that the Nigerian people should not rest yet that there is still ominous signs which we should never take for granted. If Jonathan truly said he is handing over on the 28th it presupposes that he will be absent on the 29th.
“Number one, if he hands over on the 28th to the President-elect, does Gen. Muhammadu Buhari start to act effectively on that date? The answer is an emphatic NO.
“GMB does not start to act on that date, if you get what I mean. Handing over to GMB on that date is not only meaningless, it is stupid. It has no meaning in law, or reality. It means that for 24 hours before GMB takes over there will be a vacuum.”

What do you think???