HDP Asks Court To Stop Tinubu’s Inauguration

A new suit seeking to halt the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s new president on May 29, 2023, has been filed at the Court of Appeal in Abuja.

The suit marked CA/CV/259/2023 filed by Hope Democratic Party (HDP) prayed the court for an order stopping the inauguration.

The party prayed the court to bar President Muhammadu Buhari, the attorney-general of the federation and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from inaugurating the president-elect on May 29.

The party participated in the 2019 presidential poll and wants Buhari, the AGF and INEC stopped from taking any further steps on the 2023 presidential election that produced Tinubu as winner.

The party also applied for another order directing and placing on notice that any form of handover inauguration, organised and superintended by Buhari on 29th May 2023 outside the adjudged winner of the 2019 presidential election, subject of the pending appeal, remains and is viewed as an “interim place holder” administration pending the hearing and determination of his substantive appeal on constitutional interpretation thereof.

Listed as respondents in the motion on notice are Buhari, the AGF and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as 1st to 3rd, respectively.

The motion on notice filed on his behalf by Mr Odion Peter has been served on Buhari and AGF through their counsel, Mrs Maimuna Lami Ashiru of the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja, while that of the INEC was served through the head of legal department, Mr S. O. Ibrahim (SAN).