A fresh motion on notice seeking to stop Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being inaugurated as Nigeria’s new President on May 29, 2023, has been instituted at the Court of Appeal in Abuja

A fresh suit marked CA/CV/259/2023 is instituted by a Presidential candidate in the 2019 Presidential election and constitutional lawyer, Ambrose Albert Owuru and his political party, Hope Democratic Party (HDP).

Owuru is asking the Court of Appeal in Abuja to prohibit President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from inaugurating Tinubu as Nigeria’s new leader on May 29. Meanwhile, no date has been fixed for hearing of the suit by the Court of Appeal.

Ada Peter