A new move on notice has been filed at the Court of Appeal in Abuja in an effort to prevent President-elect Bola Tinubu from taking office on May 29, 2023.
The suit was filed by Ambrose Owuru, a constitutional lawyer and former presidential candidate in the 2019 election, and the defunct political organization Hope Democratic organization (HDP).
Owuru requested that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attorney General Abubakar Malami, and President Muhammadu Buhari not be allowed to inaugurate the President-elect on May 29 before the Court of Appeal Abuja.
Owuru complained that Buhari, who was declared the winner of the 2019 election by the constitution, had not used his term as mandated by law and that he should not have been replaced by Tinubu or anybody else.
Owuru stated that Buhari has been abusing his position since 2019, among other reasons being that the Supreme Court has yet to rule on his suit from that year in which he contested the alleged announcement of Buhari as the election winner.
In addition, he requested a second order specifying that any handover inauguration Buhari planned or presided over on May 29, 2023, other than the one for the person declared the winner of the 2019 presidential election, should be treated as a “interim place holder” administration until the hearing and decision on his substantive appeal regarding the constitutional interpretation of that election.
The application is supported by an affidavit of eight paragraphs asking the Court of Appeal to consider it quickly before Tinubu is sworn in.
There is no set time for the hearing yet.
