Some members of the All Progressives
Congress, under the aegis of Gaskiya Youth Movement, are asking a Federal High
Court in Abuja, to disqualify the former Lagos State Governor and presidential
aspirant, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, from the party’s presidential primary, scheduled
for Monday 6 and 7.
The members made
the request in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/774/2022, filed before the Court.
The APC and Tinubu are listed as first and second defendants, while the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is listed as the third
defendant.
Tinubu is among
the leading aspirants in the race for who would become the APC’s presidential
candidate, which will be determined in the June 6-8 convention.
The plaintiffs are also asking the court to declare that “upon
consideration of the relevant laws, Tinubu cannot participate or contest in the
primary election on the platform of the first defendant (APC)”.
They are also seeking a “declaration that given the questionable
educational background and date of birth, (Tinubu) among other questionable
issues, the first defendant (APC) cannot allow and/or permit his participation
in the primary election for the office of the president”.
The group also wants the court to declare that Tinubu “cannot participate
by presenting himself in any primary elections with any political party in
Nigeria to be nominated as a presidential aspirant for the 2023 general election.
