The Federal High Court in Abuja has set September 7 for the hearing of a lawsuit that seeks to bar Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) nominee for president, from running in the 2023 elections due to allegations that he presented a forged certificate.
The hearing was set by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, who also granted an ex-parte order for Tinubu to receive substituted service after he allegedly interfered with the personal service of court documents.
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The plaintiffs, four APC chieftains, are asking the court to rule that Tinubu is ineligible to run for president in the upcoming 2023 election as an All Progressives Congress candidate because of the information he provided to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the party’s presidential candidate.
Counsel to the Plaintiff, Goddy Uche, told the court that substituted service has become necessary because all attempts to serve the presidential candidate have proved abortive as he cannot be reached.
In a brief ruling, the Vacation Judge, Justice Mohammed ordered that the Court process to be served on the National Secretariat of APC and that such service shall be deemed as having been properly served on Bola Tinubu.
He further adjourned the case to September 7, for a hearing.
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