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over alleged double nomination of his Vice-President Senator Kashim Shettima, essentially removed the last hurdle to his inauguration on 29 May 2023. This means in essence that those who cannot bear the thought of Tinubu and Shettima as President and Vice President respectively will have to find a way of adjusting to the reality that they will be stuck with the duo till August this year when the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the challenges to the INEC-declared outcome of the election.

So what are the options for those who cannot bear the thought of Tinubu being their President for sundry reasons? It should be pointed out that Shettima, the President elect, is also mired in controversies – from the import of his mean mien to alleged links to Boko Haram to being a gaffe machine whenever he gets lost in ‘rhetorical flourishes’ while playing the self-anointed role of a successor to the late Maitama Sule, the Kano- born First Republic politician famed for his oratory.

It is however not only from the scriptures that we find God’s mercy equipping those we may regard as undesirables with the tools to do His work. There are also scholars who believe that people regarded as not having the desirable character traits may actually be better equipped for effective leadership.

Two, where does Tinubu want to locate himself between his triumphalist supporters and the ‘resistant’ and ‘refusnik’ groups? In his keynote speech at the inaugural lecture on Saturday 27 May 2023, former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, appealed to then incoming President of Nigeria to unite the country irrespective of ethnic, political and religious cleavages that may exist. “The contest is now over and the hard work of building a prosperous and unified Nigeria now begins.

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