2027 presidential poll: Court asked to restrain Jonathan, INEC
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan •Fresh suit queries eligibility A lawyer, Johnmary Chukwukasi Jideobi, has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to issue an order of perpetual injunction to restrain former President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2027 presidential election. The court was equally urged to bar the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from accepting from any political party Jonathan’s name or publishing same as a duly nominated candidate for the presidential contest. While ex-President Jonathan was cited as the 1st defendant in the suit lodged before the court on Monday, both INEC and the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, were listed as 2nd and 3rd defendants, respectively. Specifically, in the suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/2102/ 2025, the Plaintiff, Jideobi, posed a lone question for the court to determine: “Whether in view of the combined provisions of the entirety of Sections 1(1), (2) & (3) and 137(3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Repu...