Thread by @AbdulMahmud01

#FAQs

Q. When does a president-elect become president?

A. Until he has declared his assets and liabilities and has taken the oath of office and allegiance. Section 140(1) CFRN 1999

Q. Who administers the oath on the president?

A. The Chief Justice of Nigeria

See Section 140(2) CFRN 1999

Q. If a president-elect is unable to take oath for WHATEVER REASON, what happens?

A. Vice-President IS SWORN INTO OFFICE
See Section 136(1) CFRN 1999

Q. If the vice-president elect is sworn into office as President, who then becomes the vice president?

A. The President nominates and appoints a vice president who'll be approved by a simple majority of the joint sitting of NASS.

See Section 136 (1) & (2) CFRN 1999

Q. Can the president-elect who's unable to take oath in Nigeria be sworn in from abroad?

A. No. Section 11 of the Oaths Act only prescribe that oath REQUIRED FOR ANY COURT or FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGISTRATION OF AN INSTRUMENT be made abroad.

Q. What happens if the president-elect and vice president-elect die or are unable for ANY REASON WHATSOEVER to assume office before the inauguration of NASS before they are sworn into office?

A. INEC SHALL conduct fresh election

Q. Can you intimidate or overawe the president-elect & be tried for treason or treasonable felony?

A. No. The president-elect having not taken the oath or declared his assets doesn't come within the meaning of President under S.35 Criminal Code; SS 135, 136 & 140 CFRN 1999

Q. Does calling on CJN not to administer oath on the president-elect constitute the offence of treason?

A. No. By the principle of cogitationis poenam nemo patitur, no person can be punished for mere intent, or for what he is thinking, or for an un-executed intention.

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