A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed February 11 for the hearing of a fresh suit seeking an order barring President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the February 14 poll.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed, who also presides over two other suits challenging Jonathan’s eligibility to seek another term in office, fixed Tuesday for the hearing of the suit.
The plaintiffs in the fresh suit are Prof. Tunde Samuel, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, Mr. Rasak Adeogun and Yahaya Ezeemoo Ndu.
In an originating summons filed through their counsel, Yusuf Ali (SAN), the plaintiffs contended that Jonathan was ineligible to re-constest the office of the President, as allowing him to do so could amount to him spending more than eight years allowed for anyone to serve in the office.They want the court to declare that by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution it was “unconstitutional, unlawful, illegal and not permissible for any person to occupy the office of the president of Nigeria for more that a cumulative and aggregate period of eight years when the country is not at war.”
They contended that if Jonathan wins another term of your years in 2015, he would have been permitted to occupy the office of President for more than eight years.
They asked the court to declare that in computing the period already spent in office as president by Jonathan, the period from May 6, 2010 to May 28, 2011 should be reckoned with.
They also sought a declaration that having spent a period of more than four years in office as president since May 6, 2010, Jonathan no longer had the “competence, authority or entitlement to contest the same office for another term of four years.”
Source: Punch
Justice Ahmed Mohammed, who also presides over two other suits challenging Jonathan’s eligibility to seek another term in office, fixed Tuesday for the hearing of the suit.
The plaintiffs in the fresh suit are Prof. Tunde Samuel, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, Mr. Rasak Adeogun and Yahaya Ezeemoo Ndu.
In an originating summons filed through their counsel, Yusuf Ali (SAN), the plaintiffs contended that Jonathan was ineligible to re-constest the office of the President, as allowing him to do so could amount to him spending more than eight years allowed for anyone to serve in the office.They want the court to declare that by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution it was “unconstitutional, unlawful, illegal and not permissible for any person to occupy the office of the president of Nigeria for more that a cumulative and aggregate period of eight years when the country is not at war.”
They contended that if Jonathan wins another term of your years in 2015, he would have been permitted to occupy the office of President for more than eight years.
They asked the court to declare that in computing the period already spent in office as president by Jonathan, the period from May 6, 2010 to May 28, 2011 should be reckoned with.
They also sought a declaration that having spent a period of more than four years in office as president since May 6, 2010, Jonathan no longer had the “competence, authority or entitlement to contest the same office for another term of four years.”
Source: Punch
