Nigeria: Lawyer Files Fresh Suit Over Buhari's Health Status

An Abuja- based lawyer has filed an application seeking declaration by a Federal High Court in Abuja that President Muhammadu Buhari is no longer capable to perform his official functions.

Kingdom Okere brought the ex parte application yesterday asking the court to issue an order of Mandamus compelling the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to pass a resolution that the president is incapable of discharging the functions of his office based on Section 144 (1) (a) and (b) of the 1999 Constitution.

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