2027: Lawyer Files Suit To Stop Jonathan From Contesting Presidential Election

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has been asked to halt erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan from participating successful the 2027 statesmanlike election.

In a suit filed by a ineligible practitioner, Mr. Johnmary Chukwukasi Jideobi, helium urged the tribunal to contented a perpetual injunction, restraining Jonathan from presenting himself to immoderate governmental enactment for information arsenic a statesmanlike campaigner for the said election.

The plaintiff besides sought an bid barring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting oregon publishing Jonathan’s sanction arsenic a campaigner successful the forthcoming election.

Defendant successful the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2102/2025, are the erstwhile preaident, INEC and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF).

According to the plaintiff successful the suit, the lawsuit revolves astir the mentation of Sections 1(1)-(3) and 137(3) of the 1999 Constitution, arsenic amended. The plaintiff is asking the tribunal to find whether Jonathan remains constitutionally eligible to contention for president aft antecedently completing the unexpired word of the precocious President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and serving a afloat word pursuing his 2011 predetermination victory.

Jideobi argued that Jonathan has already exhausted the 2 presumption allowed by the Constitution and that immoderate effort to contention again would interruption the law.

In his affidavit, deposed to by 1 Emmanuel Agida, the plaintiff described himself arsenic an advocator of constitutionalism and the regularisation of law.

He said helium filed the suit to forestall what helium described arsenic a imaginable breach of the Constitution should immoderate governmental enactment tract Jonathan successful 2027.

He maintained that if Jonathan were allowed to contention and triumph the 2027 election, it would magnitude to taking the oath of bureau arsenic president for a 3rd time, which helium said the Constitution does not permit.

The plaintiff further stated that helium instituted the suit successful the nationalist involvement to uphold law bid and the rule of law.