{"id":84101,"date":"2021-07-27T18:11:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T17:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84101"},"modified":"2021-07-27T18:11:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T17:11:39","slug":"atiku-is-eligible-to-vie-for-presidency-adamawa-govt-tells-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/atiku-is-eligible-to-vie-for-presidency-adamawa-govt-tells-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku is eligible to vie for presidency, Adamawa govt. tells court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1706455885069396900\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Adamawa state government, on Tuesday told a Federal High Court, in Abuja, that former Vice President Atiku Abukakar was eligible to vie for the office of the president.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The Attorney-General (AG) of Adamawa, Afraimu Jingi, told Justice Inyang Ekwo while moving a motion on notice, seeking to be joined in the suit filed by a group against Atiku and three others.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The group, an Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA), in a suit marked: FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/177\/2019 had sued Atiku, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) as 1st to 4th respondents respectively.<\/p>\n<p>EMA is challenging Atiku\u2019s eligibility to contest for presidency on the grounds that he was not a Nigerian citizen by birth.<\/p>\n<p>The group asked the court to hold among others, that considering the provisions of Sections 25(1) &amp;(2) and 131(a) of the constitution and the circumstances surrounding the former vice president\u2019s birth, he cannot contest for the top office.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">But Jingi, through his lawyer, Chief L.D. Nzadon, in the motion dated April 26 and filed June 24, sought an order of the court to be joined in the matter. Moving the motion, Nzadon based his argument on 21 grounds.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The lawyer described the matter as \u201ca public interest suit to ensure that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) is complied with in the election of the President of Nigeria.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe said the Adamawa AG is a chief law officer of the state who must be brought in as a party.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe Attorney-General is traditionally the guardian of the public interest in any public interest litigation,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAccording to him, this matter can not be effectively and conclusively determined unless the Attorney General of Adamawa is joined as a party.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nzadon said Atiku, against whom the suit was primarily directed, is a citizen of Nigeria from Adamawa who had been elected as a Governor of the state in 1999 and served as the vice president of the country between 1999 to 2007.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said the suit threatens the right of not just the ex-vice president to contest the office of president \u201cbut that of the citizens of Nigeria of Adamawa State origin covering 12 out of the 21 Local Government Areas in the state.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The lawyer listed the local government areas to include Ganye, Jada, Toungo, part of Mayo-Belwa, part of Fufore, part of Song, part of Hong, Maiha, Mubi-North, Mubi-South, Michika and Madagali.<\/p>\n<p>He said the total population of the citizens of Nigeria from Adamawa who would be affected by the outcome of the suit was about 2 million people going by the 2006 National Population Census.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery citizen of Nigeria whatever his ethnic, religious or cultural background or persuasion should have the same right to vie for any political position under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as any other citizen.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cTo disenfranchise the citizens of the 12 local government areas of Adamawa State in relation to the office of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is to discriminate against them contrary to Section 42(1)(a), (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended),\u201d Nzadon told the court.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to him, Adamawa has the highest number of Nigerian citizens from the former Trust Territories of Northern Cameroon of the three states that have such citizens, to wit: Adamawa, Taraba and Borno States.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe lawyer said it would be extremely difficult to get each one of these Nigerian citizens to defend this action in court.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis is a public interest Suit and can best be defended by the Adamawa State Government through its Chief Law Officer, the Attorney General of Adamawa State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis cause will be defeated by the non-joinder of the citizens whose civil rights and obligations will be affected in violation of Section 36(1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended),\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe citizens of Adamawa in the 12 local government areas ought to have been joined as necessary parties to this suit but were not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe presence of the said citizens is necessary to enable the court to effectually and conclusively adjudicate upon and settle the questions involved in the action.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThe government and people of Adamawa State have a greater interest in this suit than the 4th respondent (AGF).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIt is the constitutional responsibility of the Adamawa Government to advance and protect the political, social and economic interests of the citizens of Nigeria from Adamawa State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The applicant is a necessary party to this suit without whose joinder the citizenship issues affecting the indigenes of Adamawa State from the 12 of the 21 local government areas in the state can not be determined with finality,\u201d the lawyer said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Since counsel to other parties in the suit did not oppose the motion, Justice Ekwo granted the prayer.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe judge, who gave the applicant seven days to file and serve all their processes, adjourned the matter until Sept. 27 for hearing of the substantive suit.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Both Atiku and the PDP had since asked the court to dismiss the suit which they said was grossly lacking in merit.<\/p>\n<p>In a preliminary objection jointly filed with the PDP, Atiku, maintained that he is \u201ca bonafide citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He told the court that aside serving as Vice President from 1999 to 2007, he held many public\/private offices in Nigeria, including serving as Governor of Adamawa State and as a Commissioned Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said both his parents, grandparents and great grandparents were born in Nigeria and they lived, died as Nigerians and were buried in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Atiku told the court that he is qualified and eligible to be elected into the office of the President of Nigeria, adding that the Plaintiff filed the suit malafide.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I know as a fact that this suit as filed by the Trustees of the Plaintiff is aimed at maligning the person and integrity of the 1st Defendant\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He further queried the locus standi of the group to challenge his nationality, saying it failed to show before the court, the interest it has above other citizens of Nigeria to be entitled to the requisite jurisdiction to institute the action.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe therefore urged the court to dismiss the suit in its entirety.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Adamawa state government, on Tuesday told a Federal High Court, in Abuja, that former Vice President Atiku Abukakar was eligible to vie for the office of the president. 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