The Abuja court of Appeal has set the stage for definite hearing today, Friday, in a fresh suit seeking prohibition of inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on May 29.
The Court ordered that the suit marked CA/ABJ/CV/259/2023 seeking to prevent Tinubu from being inaugurated as Nigeria’s new President to take over government on May 29, must be heard unfailingly by 3pm today.
To clear coast for hearing of the suit, the Appellate Court on May 18 heard a joinder motion by Tinubu and argued by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, and in a brief ruling, granted Tinubu’s request and joined him as 4th respondent, along with President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Immediately after joining Tinubu in the suit on the ground that he has interest that could be jeopardized, the court thereafter ordered that Buhari, AGF, INEC and Tinubu as 1st to 4th respondents should file their Respondents’ Briefs and serve the Appellants by 10 am this morning.
The Appeal Court also issued an order that the Appellants should file their Reply Brief and serve the Respondents by 12 noon today and subsequently fixed the suit for hearing by 3 pm also today.
The hearing notice was sighted on the notice board of Court of Appeal and was confirmed by the first Appellant in the matter, Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set the stage for definite hearing today, Friday, in a fresh suit seeking prohibition of inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on May 29.
The suit is instituted by a Presidential candidate in the 2019 Presidential election and constitutional lawyer, Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru and his political party, Hope Democratic Party (HDP).
Owuru, who was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982, is praying the Court of Appeal in Abuja to prohibit President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from inaugurating the 2023 President-elect on May 29.
