Lagos, Nigeria – The Supreme Court docket is ready to find out the destiny of President Bola Tinubu on Monday, December 16, in a brand new go well with in search of his elimination from workplace.
The go well with, SC/CV/667/2023, requires Tinubu’s elimination on two most important grounds: alleged non-qualification to carry the workplace of Nigeria’s president and the illegal usurpation of the place.
Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru, a former candidate within the 2019 presidential election beneath the Hope Democratic Social gathering (HDP), filed the go well with immediately on the Supreme Court docket.
The defendants within the case embrace former President Muhammadu Buhari, the Legal professional Common of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), and Tinubu.
Owuru, a British-trained lawyer, claims that he received the 2019 election however was denied workplace attributable to Buhari’s eight-year tenure. He alleges that his earlier go well with, which sought to take away Buhari from workplace, was dismissed by the Supreme Court docket attributable to a mix-up in listening to dates.
Owuru additionally argues that Tinubu needs to be disqualified based mostly on an alleged $460,000 forfeiture to the USA attributable to involvement in drug trafficking. Moreover, he accuses Tinubu of being an energetic CIA agent, which he believes disqualifies him from serving as Nigeria’s president.
Owuru is asking the Supreme Court docket to declare him because the rightful winner of the 2019 election, disqualify Tinubu, and order his speedy inauguration to reclaim his mandate.
The Supreme Court docket has scheduled a particular listening to for the case on Monday, December 16. Tinubu has been served with the listening to discover by way of the Workplace of the Legal professional Common of the Federation and Minister of Justice.
