President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have arrived at Eagle Square for the swearing of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the next President of the country.
The Nigerian leader and his vice were received by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabimila, and other senior government officials.
Goldennewsng reports that President Buhari would hand over power to Tinubu as the 16th democratically elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Tinubu’s inauguration will mark the 7th consecutive democratic transition of power in the 24 years of unbroken democracy in Nigeria, following the return to civilian administration in 1999.