Court grants Atiku’s motion to serve Tinubu documents through APC
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted an application by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), to serve court documents on President Bola Tinubu through the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the request while ruling on an ex-parte motion moved by Atiku’s counsel, O.T. Omotayo-Ojo, […]
On Wednesday, the Federal High Court in Abuja acknowledged Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's request to deliver court documents to President Bola Tinubu through the All Progressives Congress (APC). Atiku, the former Vice President, and his party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), had sought to disqualify the president and APC from the 2027 presidential election.
They alleged that APC provided a forged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate for Tinubu to INEC. In their motion, Atiku's legal team argued that the court should compel INEC to remove Tinubu and APC's names from the list of candidates. Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the ex-parte motion, ruling that the documents should be served within seven days.
Tinubu, APC, and INEC responded by filing counter-affidavits and preliminary objections, disputing the plaintiffs' competence and questioning the legal standing to bring the case. The defendants denied submitting any forged certificates and claimed they had not breached any constitutional provisions. Their legal team raised objections, stating the allegations would need to be proven beyond reasonable doubt and that the suit lacked real facts and the plaintiffs' lack of standing to challenge Tinubu's candidacy.
INEC argued that the suit was statute-barred, lacked a reasonable cause of action, and violated procedural requirements.
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