Some members of Peoples Democratic
Party and All Progressives Congress have approached a federal high court
sitting in Abuja to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) and the attorney general of the federation (AGF) from allowing President
Goodluck Jonathan to participate in the 2015 presidential election.
In a suit filed by four Senior
Advocates of Nigeria, the plaintiffs argued that by the 1999 Constitution (as
amended), the president, having contested the presidential election twice, won and took the
oath of office and allegiance twice in respect of that office can no longer
present himself for election to that office the third time.
The suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/662/2014,
with Adejumo Mansouru Ajagbe (a member of the PDP from Lagos State) and Olatoye
Wahab (a member of the APC from Osun State) as plaintiffs, listed the AGF and
INEC as defendants.
The case, which was filed by James Ocholi, Abiodun
Owonikoko, Okon Efut and Mahmu Magaji (all SANs), has been assigned to Justice
Ahmed Ramat Mohammed for hearing.
They raised five questions for the
court’s determination and are seeking seven reliefs: to include an order of
perpetual injunction, restraining the AGF and INEC from accepting as candidate
in the 2015 presidential election any body caught by “two previous election
limit and eight year term limit.”
PDP Aspirant wants Appeal Court to
join him in suit against President’s candidacy
A presidential aspirant under the
platform of the PDP from Adamawa State, Dr. Umar Ardo has applied to be joined
in the appeal against the judgement of Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi, which
declared that President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the 2015
election.
Ardo, through his counsel, Dr. Amuda
Kannike (SAN), in a motion on notice begged the court to join him as an
interested party in the party filed by Cyriacus Njoku.
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