Abuja Residents/Voters Class Action Lawsuit Made significant progress Friday as the question of Locus and Jurisdiction was resolved and the case has been appealed to the appellate court whilst pending pronouncement Wednesday 24th May.
Lead Counsel, Barrister Chuks Nwachukwu spoke to the press outside the Federal High Court this Morning.
There seems no end in sight to ongoing controversies surrounding the May 29 swearing-in, as some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had dragged the President-elect, Bola Tinubu to the federal high court sitting in Abuja, asking the court to stop his inauguration.
The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/578/2023, applied for an order, restraining “the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, any other judicial officer and/or any other authority or person from swearing in any candidate in the February 25 presidential election as President or Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, until it is judicially determined with finality or in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution that such candidate has fulfilled the requirement of Section 134(2) (b) of the Constitution”.
They further want a declaration that, “the plaintiffs and other FCT residents have a legal interest and constitutional rights to be heard on the question of whether a President-elect must secure at least 25% of votes cast, on the first ballot, in the FCT, Abuja.”
They said the law states that
25% FCT Vote is required to win.
