Nigeria: Eligibility Suit - Jonathan Can Contest 2015 Presidential Poll - Court

18 March 2014

A Federal High Court in Kaduna yesterday ruled that President Goodluck Jonathan is free to seek re-election in the 2015 general elections.

The court struck out the suit filed by a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asking the court to stop the president from seeking re-election in the 2015 polls, on the plenary objections raised by the counsel to President Jonathan and the PDP.

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