Usman Ibrahim-Alhaji,
presidential candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM), has approached a
court seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku
Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ibrahim-Alhaji accused Buhari and
Atiku of excess spending on campaigns during the presidential election.
The plaintiff also wants the
court to invoke section 91(2) of the Electoral Act, 2010 to nullify the
participation of the duo in the February 23 election for allegedly violating
the Electoral Act 2010.
Speaking through Ezekiel Ofou,
his counsel, Ibrahim-Alhaji is demanding the court to set aside the
participation of Buhari and Atiku on the grounds that they spent over N1
billion each om campaign expenses.
During court session on Tuesday,
Ofou lamented before Ahmed Mohammed, trial judge, that he found it extremely
difficult to serve the court papers on Buhari and Atiku, who were the main
defendants in the suit because of the retinue of security around them.
He then moved an ex parte motion
in which he prayed the court for an order of substituted service on the two
major defendants.
He based the ex parte motion on
Order 6 Rule 5 of the federal high court Practice Direction for permission to
allow him serve Buhari and Atiku through the legal departments of their
respective parties and the trial judge granted the application for substituted
service.
Buhari and Atiku are to be served
through the legal departments of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the PDP
respectively.
Also mentioned as defendants in
the suit are the APC, PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC).
The case was adjourned till March
26.
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