Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court has
ordered that court documents in a fresh suit seeking to disqualify President
Goodluck Jonathan from seeking re-election in the March 28 poll should be
served on him, Premium Times reports.
The suit, FHC/ABJ/CS/1112/2015, instituted by Nkemjika
Nkemjika was assigned to the court on Friday. The defendants in the suit apart
from Mr. Jonathan are his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, and the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
A separate suit had earlier been filed seeking Mr.
Jonathan’s disqualification from the presidential race before the court and another
is also pending at the Court of Appeal.
Buhari's court case' outcome
The All Progressives Congress and its presidential
candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, have opposed the orders of a Federal High Court in
Abuja, directing that they be served through substituted means in the suit
challenging Mr. Buhari’s eligibility to stand for the March 28 presidential
poll, Premium Times reports.
The Judge of a Federal High Court Abuja, Adeniyi Ademola,
had in two separate suits challenging Mr. Buhari’s eligibility to contest the
election, last week granted ex parte orders permitting the plaintiffs,
Chukwunweike Okafor and Max Ozoaka, to serve Mr. Buhari and the APC through
newspaper publications.
The court had also granted an order of abridgment of time
within which the defendants must respond to the suits.
The electoral empire, Independent National Electoral
Commission, was also joined in the suit as defendants.
Counsels to Mr. Buhari and the APC informed the court
Monday that they would file applications challenging the competence of the
suits and the entire steps taken so far, including the orders of service
through substituted means.
Their lawyers, Wole Olanipekun and Lateef Fagbemi, urged
the court to adjourn the matter to enable them to file all the necessary
documents.
The judge adjourned the suits to February 23.
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