The breaking new, “Tinubu’s office unveils agenda as President-elect jets out to Europe”, published on May 10, 2023 by News Express (newsexpressngr.com) refers.

What an arrogant smokescreen and insult on the collective psyche of Nigerians.

At the critical moment when the challenge in court of INEC’s declared winner has commenced and this man's physical presence is required to defend his INEC’s mandate, he decided to undermine the court process and Nigerians by jetting out of the country.

What is he running for? Where is he running to? Is the temporary official residence provided for him by the Major-General Muhammadu Buhari’s Federal Government in the interim not fortified enough to ward away unwanted guests to enable him concentrate on his build up to his proposed government?

Is the country he intends to govern abroad?

Recall that this man just returned to the country a few days ago after over one month medical tourism in France which was disguised with/by different lies!

Many people will not find it difficult to decipher that he has run out the country to avoid interrogation in court under oath!

He has run out of the country to avoid interrogation on his qualifications to be president of Nigeria and other numerous opaqueness within and around him like his real name, parentage, dual citizenship, real age, schools attended with qualifications obtained with dates, source(s) of riches, illicit drugs allegations, perjury and so on.

He has run out of the country to avoid interrogation on his character, competence, capability and so on!

Where can he run to that the long arm of the law can not reach?

What a way to be clever by half?!

It has come to a time of reconning after long delays for the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to take off; and the man chose to run away!

Will he be ruling the country from abroad where he ran to?

Is that how to defend one's questioned mandate?

Hope the judiciary is taking note of this man's antics, attitude and disposition to the ongoing court case, having been told by the court that nobody including his campaign DG and Governor of Plateau State cannot represent him in court?

We all wait to see how the entire game will play out in the days ahead!

Their slogan after the highly discredited February 25, 2023 presidential election was: “GO TO COURT”.

Now that the matter has commenced in the court, where are they?

INEC’s President-elect don jápá o!

•Echefuna’ R. G. ONYEBEADI, Emeritus Professor is Fellow of United Nations and The Inegbese of Oligbo Kingdom.

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