00:00The Nigerian Presidency is not a city natural, but a constitutional office.
00:05That is why the debate over the extended evocation of President Chinubu should be settled by law, not by sentiments.
00:13Senate President Goswami Apwabio is right on one point. There is no automatic vacancy.
00:18Chinubu has neither resigned nor been declared incapacitated.
00:23Vice President Kashim Shetima is representing him at the United Nations General Assembly.
00:29But the Presidency owes Nigerians clarity.
00:32Section 145 of the Nigerian Constitution provides a procedure when a President proceeds on vacation or unable to perform his
00:41duty.
00:41The question, therefore, is whether Chinubu's absence falls under those circumstances and whether those procedures will follow.
00:49The Opposition should make this argument constitutional.
00:52The Presidency should provide clarity.
00:54And the National Assembly should not reduce a constitutional question to an ordinary press statement.
01:01As tinubu returns, Nigerians deserve clarity on the legal basis for its absence and gentleman's role.
01:09No vacancy? Fine.
01:10But there must be no ambiguity either.
