Lawrence C. Nnoli Versus President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria & 3 Others (FHC/L/CS/897/2020)
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Eight months after the National Judicial Council has recommended the appointment of four new Justices for the Supreme Court of Nigeria and has sent their names to President Mohammadu Buhari, the president has failed to appoint the persons recommended and has also failed to forward the names of those recommended persons to the Senate for confirmation as stipulated by Section 231 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

Various reasons were adduced by the presidency on why the persons recommended by the National Judicial council have not been appointed as Justices of the Supreme Court and why their names are yet to be sent to the Senate for confirmation despite the urgent need for appointment of new Justices for the Supreme court. Such reasons reportedly given by the presidency and by some officials of the Federal Judicial Service commission were that the recommended persons are still undergoing background checks by the relevant law enforcement agencies and also that the federal government at the moment does not have the funds to maintain new Justices of the Supreme Court.

However, contrary to these reasons, it is rumoured in some quarters that why President Buhari has not considered the list of the recommended persons is that of all the four recommended names sent by the National Judicial council, three are Southern Christians while only one person is a Northern muslim from the North East part of Nigeria.

Following these developments, Lawrence C. Nnoli a lawyer on Thursday 16th July 2020 has filed an action at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos praying the court for leave to bring an application for an order of mandamus against President Mohammadu Buhari compelling him to immediately appoint as Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and forward to the Nigerian Senate the names of the persons recommended to him by the National Judicial council since October 2019. Other persons joined in the suit are the National Judicial Council, the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the President of the Senate.

The matter is currently awaiting assignment to a judge for the hearing of the exparte application.

QUESTION
APC = PDP, Prove ?
ANSWER
Since we know they are both parties, The 2nd "P" in PDP is a constant and so may not be included in the equation. OR we may as well say APC"P" = PD"P"
"P" = Party
Divide both sides of the equation by the constant "P".
Resulting in APC = PD
This means that if A+P+C = x, Also P+D must be equal to x
Meaning A+P+C = P+D
Using the alphabet A -Z numbers, whereby A = 1 and Z=26
Substituting letters with their corresponding numbers.
A,P,C = 1,16,3
P,D= 16,4
A+P+C = 1+16+3 = 20
P+D= 16+4 = 20
Therefore APC = PDP

Hopefully the case will get a fair hearing.