Two members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have dragged President Goodluck Jonathan to a Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital, asking it to declare that the President is not eligible to seek for a re-election.
In the suit which was entered before the court by four Senior Advocates of Nigeria, the plaintiffs, Adejumo Mansouru Ajagbe (a member of the PDP from Lagos State) and Olatoye Wahab (a member of the APC from Osun State), also joined the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, as defendants.
The plaintiffs maintained that going by the 1999 Constitution (as amended), President Jonathan, having contested the presidential election twice, won and taken the oath of office and allegiance twice in respect that office, they argued that he could no longer present himself for election to that office the third time.
They specifically relied on the provisions of sections 132(1), 135(2)(a) and (b), 137(1)(b), 142(1) and (2) and the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Marwa and Nyako (2012) 6 NWLR (Part 1296) 199 at 306. [myad]
