A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has fixed the 7th of next month, for hearing of a legal suit seeking the disqualification of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu from contesting the 2023 presidential election for allegedly presenting forged certificate.
The Vacation judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed hearing after he granted an ex-parte order for substituted service on Tinubu who had invaded personal service of Court processes.
The Plaintiffs are praying the Court for
an order disqualifying Tinubu from contesting or participating in the forthcoming 2023 Presidential general election as a candidate of All Progressives Congress based on the information he supplied to the Independent National Electoral Commission as presidential candidate of the party.
The plaintiffs who are four chieftains of the APC; Memuna Suleiman, Mohammed Garba, Ofodu Anthony and Ibiang Miko Ibiang jointly instituted the action against the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Other defendants are the APC, the National Assembly and the Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice as the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th defendants.
Counsel to the Plaintiffs, Chief Goddy Uche had told the vacation judge that the substituted service was necessary because all attempts to serve the 3rd defendant had proved abortive as he could not be reached.
In a brief ruling Justice Mohammed ordered that the Court process be served on the National Secretariat of the APC and that such service should be deemed as having been properly served on the 3rd defendant Tinubu, the APC Presidential candidate.
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