140. (1) A person elected to the office of President shall not begin to perform the functions of that office until he
has declared his assets and liabilities as prescribed in this Constitution and he has taken and subscribed the Oath
of Allegiance and the oath of office prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution.
(2) The oaths aforesaid shall be administered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria or the person for the time being
appointed to exercise the functions of that office.
141. There shall be for the Federation a Vice-President.
142. (1) In any election to which the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Chapter relate, a candidate for an
election to the office of President shall not be deemed to be validly nominated unless he nominates another
candidate as his associate from the same political party for his running for the office of President, who is to
occupy the office of Vice-President and that candidate shall be deemed to have been duly elected to the office of
Vice-President if the candidate for an election to the office of President who nominated him as such associate is
duly elected as President in accordance with the provisions aforesaid.
(2) The provisions of this Part of this Chapter relating to qualification for election, tenure of office,
disqualification, declaration of assets and liabilities and oaths of President shall apply in relation to the office of
Vice-President as if references to President were references to Vice-President.
143. (1) The President or Vice-President may be removed from office in accordance with the provisions of this
section.
(2) Whenever a notice of any allegation in writing signed by not less than one-third of the members of the
National Assembly:(a) is presented to the President of the Senate;
(b) stating that the holder of the office of President or Vice-President is guilty of gross misconduct in the
performance of the functions of his office, detailed particulars of which shall be specified,
the President of the Senate shall within seven days of the receipt of the notice cause a copy thereof to be served
on the holder of the office and on each member of the National Assembly, and shall also cause any statement
made in reply to the allegation by the holder of the office to be served on each member of the National
Assembly.
(3) Within fourteen days of the presentation of the notice to the President of the Senate (whether or not any
statement was made by the holder of the office in reply to the allegation contained in the notice) each House of
the National Assembly shall resolve by motion without any debate whether or not the allegation shall be
investigated.
(4) A motion of the National Assembly that the allegation be investigated shall not be declared as having been
passed, unless it is supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds majority of all the members of each House
of the National Assembly.
(5) Within seven days of the passing of a motion under the foregoing provisions, the Chief Justice of Nigeria
shall at the request of the President of the Senate appoint a Panel of seven persons who in his opinion are of
unquestionable integrity, not being members of any public service, legislative house or political party, to
investigate the allegation as provide in this section.
(6) The holder of an office whose conduct is being investigated under this section shall have the right to defend
himself in person and be represented before the Panel by legal practitioners of his own choice.
(7) A Panel appointed under this section shall (a) have such powers and exercise its functions in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by the
National Assembly; and
(b) within three months of its appointment report its findings to each House of the National Assembly.
(8) Where the Panel reports to each House of the National Assembly that the allegation has not been proved, no
further proceedings shall be taken in respect of the matter.
(9) Where the report of the Panel is that the allegation against the holder of the office has been proved, then
within fourteen days of the receipt of the report at the House the National Assembly shall consider the report,
and if by a resolution of each House of the National Assembly supported by not less than two-thirds majority of