A federal high court in Abuja will decide if President-elect Bola Tinubu committed perjury and double nomination on Friday, May 26, 2023. Concerned Nigerians challenged Tinubu’s presidential eligibility.
This awaiting verdict adds to Nigeria’s political tension.
Tuesday saw Judge Omotosho of the federal high court order Tinubu’s substitute service. The court heard the application for a temporary injunction to prevent Tinubu from becoming president.
Judge Omotosho adjourned the case to Friday after hearing the plaintiffs’ attorneys discuss jurisdiction and locus standi.
The court ordered defendants to receive hearing notices and all processes immediately. Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, the Attorney-General of the Federation, the Director-General of State Service, the Inspector General of Police, and the Independent National Electoral Commission are defendants.
Praise Ilemona Isaiah, Pastor Paul Isaac Audu, and Dr. Anongu Moses claim that President-elect Tinubu lied under oath regarding his Guinean passport.
Tinubu is also accused of faking his education credentials.
The litigants want Tinubu’s February 25 presidential candidature nullified. They also want an order to stop Tinubu from becoming president. Their arguments include that Tinubu purposely and falsely asserted that he is not a citizen of any other nation but Nigeria, which might preclude him from becoming president.
Incorporated Trustees of Governance Index vs INEC was delayed until June 19, 2023.
A group of Nigerians sued INEC under the Govindex Leadership, Empowerment, and Development Foundation.
They want INEC officials prosecuted for compromising the February 25, 2023, presidential election. They want the INEC to electronically send, transfer, or upload polling unit Form EC8A results to the collation system.
Two of the five demands are: A DECLARATION that in accordance with Section 160(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999(As Amended), Sections 60(5) & 148 of the Electoral Act, 2022, paragraph (Clauses) 38 I (ii), and (iii) of the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022, the Defendant through her presiding officers must electronically transmit, transfer, or upload the scanned copy of Form EC8A result of the po
AN ORDER OF THE COURT MANDATING the Defendant to compile names of Presiding Officers, whether ad-hoc or permanent, who failed to upload or electronically transmit or transfer the Election results of the polling units directly to the collation system as prescribed by the Commission, the Bimodial Voters Accreditation System (BVAS), and send the said list to the office of Inspector-General of Police for investigation and prosecution within 14 days of making the Order.
Nigeria’s government and citizens’ faith in their electoral system are at stake as the court decides.
