The former presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) in the 2019 election filed a suit with the marked number CA/CV/259/2023, to stop the swearing-in ceremony from happening.
The plaintiff joined President Muhammadu Buhari; Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice; and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respondents in the motion.
Ambrose Owuru, who is also a legal practitioner prayed the court to stop President Muhammadu Buhari, the AGF and INEC from proceeding with the May 29 inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.
According to Owuru, he is the actual winner of the 2019 election and had not spent his 4 years tenure.
In his petition, Owuru claimed that President Buhari has been illegally using his tenure in office since 2019 since the Supreme Court failure to give a verdict on the petition he filed in 2019, where he had challenged the purported declaration of Buhari as the winner of the election.
He also supported his motion with an 8-paragraph affidavit, asking the appeal court for an expeditious hearing before Tinubu would be inaugurated.
Source: www.mynigeria.com
