Just in: Court asked to stop Jonathan from contesting 2027 presidential election

…. arsenic caller suit queries his eligibility

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA– The Federal High Court sitting successful Abuja, was Monday, asked to contented an bid of perpetual injunction, restraining erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan from presenting himself to immoderate governmental enactment successful the state for the intent of contesting the 2027 statesmanlike election.

The tribunal was arsenic urged to barroom the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from accepting from immoderate governmental party, Jonathan’s sanction oregon publishing aforesaid arsenic a duly nominated campaigner for the statesmanlike contest.

While ex-President Jonathan was cited arsenic the 1st suspect successful the matter, some INEC and the Attorney General of the Federation, were listed arsenic 2nd and 3rd defendants, respectively.

Specifically, the suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/2102/ 2025, which was brought earlier the tribunal by a lawyer, Mr. Johnmary Chukwukasi Jideobi, posed a lone question for the tribunal to determine:

“Whether successful presumption of the combined provisions of the entirety of Sections 1(1), (2) & (3) and 137(3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria arsenic amended and their conflated interpretation, the 1st Defendant is eligible, nether immoderate circumstances [whatsoever] to contention for the bureau of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria?”

Upon the determination of the question, the plaintiff, sought 4 main reliefs, to wit:

“A declaration of this Honourable Court that upon an intimate speechmaking and implicit knowing of the entirety of Sections 1(1), (2) & (3) and 137(3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria arsenic amended the archetypal Defendant [GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN] is ineligible to basal for oregon inhabit the bureau of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“A declaration of this Honorable Court that successful presumption of the entirety of Sections 1(1), (2) & (3) and 137(3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria arsenic amended the 2nd Defendant [the INEC] lacks the law powerfulness to person from immoderate governmental enactment the sanction of the archetypal suspect oregon people aforesaid arsenic the campaigner of immoderate governmental enactment for the predetermination into the bureau of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria holding successful 2027 and different years to come.

“An bid of perpetual injunction of this Honourable Court restraining the archetypal Defendant [Goodluck Ebele Jonathan] from presenting himself to immoderate governmental enactment successful Nigeria for information arsenic its campaigner for the wide predetermination into the bureau of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria holding successful 2027 and different years to come.

“An bid of perpetual injunction of this Honourable Court restraining the 2nd Defendant [INEC] from either accepting from immoderate governmental enactment successful Nigeria the sanction of the 1st Defendant [Goodluck Ebele Jonathan] oregon publishing aforesaid arsenic a campaigner for predetermination into the bureau of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria holding successful 2027 and different years to come.”

As good as, “an bid of this Honourable Court directing the 3rd Defendant [Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation] to guarantee compliance with the decisions and Orders of this court.”

In an affidavit of facts that was deposed successful enactment of the suit by 1 Emmanuel Agida, the plaintiff told the tribunal that helium is an advocator of constitutionalism and the regularisation of law.

He contended that if the 1st defendant, Jonathan, wins the 2027 statesmanlike election, which is for a word of 4 years spanning 2027 to 2031, helium would person exceeded 8 years being the cumulative maximum years a Nigerian President is statutorily permitted to enactment successful office.

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