{"id":86382,"date":"2021-09-27T18:01:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T17:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=86382"},"modified":"2021-09-27T18:01:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T17:01:32","slug":"atiku-to-wait-further-as-court-adjourns-suit-challenging-his-eligibility-to-contest-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/atiku-to-wait-further-as-court-adjourns-suit-challenging-his-eligibility-to-contest-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku to wait further as Court adjourns suit challenging his eligibility to contest presidency\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday adjourned a suit seeking to challenge former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s eligibility to vie for the office of the president until Dec. 6.<\/div>\n
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\nJustice Inyang Ekwo adjourned the matter following inability of the parties in the suit to regularise their amended processes to accommodate the 5th defendant (Attorney-General (AG) of Adamawa), who had been joined in the case.<\/p>\n

Pointblanknews.com had, on July 27, reported that the Adamawa State Government, through its AG, had sought an order of the court to be joined in the suit.<\/p>\n

The court, in the motion dated April 26 and filed June 24, granted the prayer of the AG of Adamawa to be joined in the case as 5th defendant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A group, the 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.<\/div>\n
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EMA is challenging Atiku\u2019s eligibility to contest for presidency on the grounds that he was not a Nigerian citizen by birth.<\/p>\n

The group asked the court to hold among others, that considering the provisions of sections 25(1) &(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>\n

However, when the matter was mentioned, counsel to EMA (plaintiff), Raphael Oyewole, said though the matter was slated for hearing, he regretted that he had to file a motion for an extension of time because he was yet to serve some of the parties in the suit.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nHe said the amended application to include the 5th defendant as ordered by the court had been served on the 1st, 4th and 5th defendants in the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen was the case adjourned,\u201d Justice Ekwo asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was adjourned on June 4, my lord,,\u201d Oyewole responded.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The judge, who was unhappy over the manner the counsel was handling the case, said: \u201cThis is a matter you filed since 2019, and you are just filing your processed this morning after the last adjournment.\u201d<\/p>\n

J. O. Makinde, Chris Nevo and Alex Shija, who are lawyers to the 1st, 4th and 5th defendants respectively confirmed that they were all served with the plaintiff\u2019s application in the morning.<\/p>\n

But they did not oppose Oyewole from moving the motion.<\/p>\n

Also, Counsel to Atiku (1st defendant), Mr Makinde, prayed for an extension of time to enable him regularise his processes.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ekwo adjourned the matter until Dec. 6 for further mention.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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