A civil society organization under the aegis of the Incorporated Trustees of Advocacy for Societal Rights Advancement and Development Initiative, ASRADI, on Tuesday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja with a suit that is seeking to halt the scheduled swearing-in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on May 29.

The group, in a motion ex-parte it filed alongside the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/669/2023, alleged that the President-elect lied on oath about his possession of a Guinean Passport.

It equally filed an affidavit of urgency wherein it requested the prompt intervention of the court in view of the planned swearing-in ceremony.

Besides, the plaintiff further sought the permission of the court to apply for an order of mandamus to compel the Inspector General of Police, IGP, to investigate and recommend Tinubu for prosecution if found guilty of perjury regarding his Guinean citizenship.

ASRADI told the court that the President-elect lied on oath when he refused to give information about his Guinean citizenship in the Form EC9 he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in aide of his qualification to contest the presidential election that was held on February 25.

“The non-disclosure by Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the INEC Form EC9 of the dual citizenship of his voluntary acquisition of the citizenship of Guinea amounts to Perjury, ” it averred in an affidavit that was attached in support of the suit.

The group averred that it “only became aware of the perjury committed by Bola Ahmed Tinubu on April 16, 2023”, from an online publication, adding that police failed to act on its request for the matter to be investigated, hence its decision to seek the intervention of the court.

Parachoko:
All these people just dey waste their time

The Court will throw out the case

Parachoko:
All these people just dey waste their time

The Court will throw out the case

lildush:


Y will dey throw out the case ? It needs investigation. If dey found out it's true let the punishment be dishes out according to the constitution. Dis is how a country dat works should operate.