President Bola Tinubu will attend the inauguration of Mahamat Déby as the president of Chad.
Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, in a statement on Wednesday, said Tinubu will depart Abuja for N’Djamena, the capital city of Chad, on Thursday and will return after the ceremony.
The constitutional council announced this week that Déby, the interim president of Chad, had won the May 6 presidential election.
The country’s political transition from military control to democracy came to a close with the election.
The council rejected the challenges of two candidates, former prime minister Albert Padacké and prime minister Succès Masra, and declared Déby the winner.
The president of the Constitutional Council, Jean-Bernard Padare, stated that Déby secured a win that will prolong his family’s long-standing dominance with 61 percent of the vote.
Ngelale said Tinubu will be accompanied on the trip by other senior government officials.
