A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna Thursday adjourned for mention, a suit brought before it, challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2015 presidential election.
The plaintiffs, Richard Tersoo Mnenga, a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Richard Tersoo Mnenga and Alhaji Shuaibu Lilli of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), had dragged Jonathan along with the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the court to determine the president's eligibility to seek re-election in 2015 under the 1999 Constitution.
The presiding judge, Justice Evelyn N. Anyadike, adjourned the case to November 11, for mention after an appeal for adjournment was made by counsel to the applicants, Mr. Tony Yunana Agaga.
Agaga told journalists in an interview shortly after the adjournment that his clients had approached the court to seek for a constitutional interpretation of the provision of the 1999 Constitution as amended as to whether Jonathan is qualified to contest the 2015 presidential election.
He said the matter could not be mentioned because the defendant were absent in court.
“The defendants were not in court because they have not been served and we discover it may required leave of court to serve them out of jurisdiction. But I have pointed out to the court that this is a Federal High Court and the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court covers any part of the country,” he said.
“The defendants were not in court because they have not been served and we discover it may required leave of court to serve them out of jurisdiction. But I have pointed out to the court that this is a Federal High Court and the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court covers any part of the country,” he said.
The plaintiffs, in the suit No: FHC/KD/CS/87/2013 are asking the court for an order of injunction restraining the PDP from presenting Jonathan as its presidential candidate in the 2015 presidential election.
Also in their originating summons, they prayed the court to restrain INEC from accepting any nomination of the president by the PDP as its presidential candidate in the 2015 presidential election.
The plaintiffs are also asking the court to determine whether in the light of the provisions of sections 135, 142 and 146 of the Constitution, Jonathan had completed his tenure his first tenure in office as president in 2011 starting from May 29, 2007.A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna Thursday adjourned for mention, a suit brought before it, challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2015 presidential election.
The plaintiffs, Richard Tersoo Mnenga, a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Richard Tersoo Mnenga and Alhaji Shuaibu Lilli of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), had dragged Jonathan along with the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the court to determine the president's eligibility to seek re-election in 2015 under the 1999 Constitution.
The presiding judge, Justice Evelyn N. Anyadike, adjourned the case to November 11, for mention after an appeal for adjournment was made by counsel to the applicants, Mr. Tony Yunana Agaga.
Agaga told journalists in an interview shortly after the adjournment that his clients had approached the court to seek for a constitutional interpretation of the provision of the 1999 Constitution as amended as to whether Jonathan is qualified to contest the 2015 presidential election.
He said the matter could not be mentioned because the defendant were absent in court.
“The defendants were not in court because they have not been served and we discover it may required leave of court to serve them out of jurisdiction. But I have pointed out to the court that this is a Federal High Court and the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court covers any part of the country,” he said.
“The defendants were not in court because they have not been served and we discover it may required leave of court to serve them out of jurisdiction. But I have pointed out to the court that this is a Federal High Court and the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court covers any part of the country,” he said.
The plaintiffs, in the suit No: FHC/KD/CS/87/2013 are asking the court for an order of injunction restraining the PDP from presenting Jonathan as its presidential candidate in the 2015 presidential election.
Also in their originating summons, they prayed the court to restrain INEC from accepting any nomination of the president by the PDP as its presidential candidate in the 2015 presidential election.
The plaintiffs are also asking the court to determine whether in the light of the provisions of sections 135, 142 and 146 of the Constitution, Jonathan had completed his tenure his first tenure in office as president in 2011 starting from May 29, 2007.
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