Nigeria: 2015 - Case On Jonathan's Eligibility Moves to Supreme Court

6 December 2014

The suit challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2015 presidential election has shifted to the Supreme Court where it will come up on Monday. The apex court is scheduled to hear a motion filed by a People's Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Dr. Umar Ardo, challenging the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja division, last month that shut him out of the substantive suit.

The appellant had sought to be joined as an interested party in a suit brought by Mr. Cyriacus Njoku, challenging Jonathan's eligibility to seek re-election in February. In the appeal before the apex court, Ardo is praying for an order of accelerated hearing in his case before the closure of submission of names of nominated candidates by the parties to INEC fixed for December 18. He is also asking for an abridgement of time to file his briefs of argument before the apex court.

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