One of the political parties in
the country, the Democratic Youth Congress, DYC has instituted a legal action
against President Muhammadu Buhari at the Federal High Court in Abuja over his
delay in declaring his intention to run for the 2019 presidential election.
Named as co-defendants in the
suit filed by Hon. Kassim Kassim and National Executive Council, NEC, of the
party are: the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami SAN and
the All Progressives Congress, APC.
They are urging the court to
determine whether, upon the provisions of the foregoing sections of the
Constitution, Buhari would be deprived or subjected to any person or
association from contesting the 2019 presidential election.
“Whether the 1st defendant (Buhari)
after compliance with the 1999 constitutional provision, the Electoral Act and
the guidelines to the extent of winning the 2015 presidential election as the
president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, need other further qualification
to contest the 2019 presidential election.
“Whether the 1st defendant
(Buhari), despite the various call, including the applicants (plaintiffs)’
ultimatum dated 15th February 2018, will remain mute, without making a public
declaration to contest the presidential election of 2019.”
The court is further urged to
declare that Buhari is legally and constitutionally empowered to contest the
2019 presidential election into the office of the President of Nigeria pursuant
to Sections 131 and 137 of the 1999 constitution as amended.
The plaintiffs are seeking an
order of the court directing Buhari to declare his intention to vie for the
presidential election as well as, an order directing him to answer the clarion
call by the plaintiffs to contest the presidential election of 2019 to the
office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In a 24-paragraph affidavit
deposed to by a member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Kassim Kassim
and the National Chairman of DYC, the plaintiffs averred that they are a pressure
group who have been campaigning and mobilising Nigerians to support President
Buhari’s re-election bid.
The plaintiffs moreover submitted
that they had mobilised a million man match in Abuja on 15th February in Abuja
to show solidarity to Buhari, with the clarion call on him to declare his
intention to contest the presidential election in 2019.
Recall that Buhari had last week
failed to give a definitive answer to APC governors, who had requested him to
declare his intention for 2019 presidential election. He pleaded with them at a
meeting to give him time to decide on the matter.
Meanwhile, no date has been fixed
for the hearing of the suit filed by the Democratic Youth Congress, DYC.
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