Alleged Certificate Forgery: Court Grants Atiku Permission To Serve Tinubu Through Substituted Means
Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered substituted service after Atiku sought to challenge Tinubu’s candidacy, while defendants argued the suit is incompetent and should be dismissed.
- On Wednesday, the Federal High Court in Abuja granted an ex-parte motion allowing Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to serve court documents on President Bola Tinubu through the All Progressives Congress .
- Atiku and the African Democratic Congress filed the lawsuit alleging the APC submitted a forged National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission regarding President Tinubu's candidacy for the 2027 presidential election.
- President Tinubu, the APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission filed preliminary objections, describing the suit as "incompetent, being a pre-election matter" and stating the plaintiffs lack the "locus standi" to sue.
- Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo ordered service within seven days and adjourned the matter until September 28 for mention after counsel O.T. Omotayo-Ojo moved the application.
- The defendants maintain the NYSC has never denied issuing the discharge certificate, arguing the suit is hypothetical and academic, as plaintiffs provided no evidence from the directorate disclaiming the document's issuance.
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Nigeria: Court Permits Atiku to Serve Tinubu Alleged Certificate Forgery Suit Through APC
Abuja -- A Federal High Court in Abuja, has granted request by Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to serve President Bola Tinubu court documents, challenging his eligibility in the 2027 general elections, through the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Court grants Atiku’s motion to serve Tinubu documents...
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, seeking an order of substituted service of the processes on the president. A…
2027: Court gives Atiku 7 days to serve suit challenging Tinubu's eligibility on APC
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday issued an order for President Bola Tinubu to be served, within seven days, with the suit seeking to stop him from contesting the 2027 presidential election over his alleged submission of forged certificates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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