For faulting the expected May 29 inauguration of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Catholic Archbishop Emeritus John Cardinal Onaiyekan got knocks from eminent lawyers and All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts.
Cardinal Onaiyekan, 80, who spoke on a national television’s Breakfast programme, described the plan to swear-in the president-elect before election cases are decided by the court as inappropriate.
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday reiterated its position that nothing will stop the swearing-in of the president-elect.
Legal giants, immediate past Chairman, Body of Benchers (BoB), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Chairman, Council of Legal Education, Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN), Olalekan Ojo (SAN), Festus Keyamo (SAN) and Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, chided the priest for his position.
The lawyers argued that the suggestion by Cardinal Onaiyekan is a recipe for a logjam, confusion and an illegality