A suit seeking to disqualify the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has been adjourned to February 2023.
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State presided over by Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, adjourned to February 1, 2023 hearing on a fundamental human rights suit instituted by an Onitsha-based human rights activist and lawyer, Dr. Jezie Ekejiuba, against Atiku, the Nigerian Government, INEC and the Attorney General of the Federation seeking disqualification of the PDP candidate.
Joined in the suit No.FHC/AWK/CS/198/2022 are the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) as 2nd defendant, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as 3rd defendant, PDP as 4th defendant and Atiku as 5th defendant, respectively.
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After hearing the ex-parte application moved by Ekejiuba for substituted service of the originating processes on respondents, the court choose the date for further hearing.
Justice Nganjiwa also granted an order to serve respondents at their respective headquarters in Abuja by substituted means.
In the suit, the prosecutor stated that by allowing Atiku to contest the presidential election, his right as a Nigerian citizen would be infringed upon, further pleading with the court that it will be fundamentally wrong for President Muhammadu Buhari, a Northerner, to hand over to Atiku, another Northerner, in 2023, regardless of convention on power shift between the North and South.
He opined that the power rotation policy between Northern and Southern Nigeria, which has been in practice since 1999, should be respected, and every Nigerian should be given a sense of belonging.
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