Kaduna Federal High Court on Monday struck out a suit challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2015 general election.
Referring to Sections 145, 142 and 146 of the Constitution, Counsel to the plaintiffs, Mohammed Ibrahim, claimed that Jonathan, who has been sworn twice into office as president, is not aurhorized to contest for the post again.
He cited Sections 145, 142 and 146 of the Constitution which limits the tenure of the president and governors to a maximum of eight years. The plaintiffs had also sought for an order to restrain the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), joined as defendant, from fielding Jonathan as its presidential candidate in 2015.
Calling the suit “at best hypothetical, preemptive, speculative and mere conjunctures’”, Justice Evlyn Enya-Dike struck out the case noting the plaintiffs had failed to convince the court in all the prayers they thought.
While counsels to Jonathan commended the court decision, Ibrahim promised to appeal the ruling, saying that there were many flaws in the judgment.
