A Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed on Monday an application by a part of the Action Alliance to halt the certificate forgery case brought against Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate.
The court denied the attempt of the Adekunle Omo-Aje-led Tinubu support group to be included as an interested party in the defense of Tinubu in the certificate forgery case that the AA party had filed against him.
In his decision on Omo-Aje and his faction’s request for joinder, Justice Obiora Egwuatu dismissed the motion on the grounds that the prerequisites for such joinder had not been made available to the court.
Justice Egwuatu ruled, among other things, that Omo-Aje failed to prove his claim to be the National Chairman of the AA and failed to explain how his interests would be jeopardized if he were not named as a defendant in the lawsuit.
While rejecting the joinder plea, Justice Egwuatu stated that the group continues to be an obtrusive intrusive and busy body until their interests that are likely to be impacted are established.
Adekunle Omo-Aje and Ambassador Suleiman Abdumalik, who submitted the joinder application on behalf of their group, were found to have violated the requirements for joining, according to Justice Egwuatu’s decision.
The judge further ruled that they had failed to establish any sort of case to persuade the court to side with them.
The factional group had asked for the dismissal of the lawsuit against the APC and Tinubu in the joinder application on the grounds that they (as party officers) had not authorized it to be filed in the name or on behalf of the party.
2023: Tinubu’s Afenifere Endorsement Faulty – Atiku’s Camp React
The judge then gave the plaintiff (AA) till Friday, November 4, 2022 to present its case about Tinubu’s alleged certificate falsification.
In order for the court to decide the case within the allotted legal time, Justice Egwuatu particularly ordered that any witnesses in the case be produced before the court.
In the lawsuit, the Action Alliance Party is requesting that Tinubu be disqualified from the 2023 elections due to an alleged certificate forgery.
On June 21, the party had petitioned the court to enjoin the Independent National Electoral Commission from inserting the All Progressives Congress’ name on the ballot for the 2023 presidential election.
The party asserted that the APC and Bola Tinubu, its presidential candidate, are unable to run in the 2023 presidential election due to alleged forgery Tinubu perpetrated in 1999 in the Writ of Summons marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/954/2022.
2023: Afenifere Divided As Adebanjo Insists On Obi As Fasoranti Backs Tinubu
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the plaintiff by its attorney, Mr. Upkai Ukairo, and alleged that Tinubu had submitted a falsified copy of his University of Chicago diploma in order to qualify for the 1999 Lagos State governorship race, which Tinubu ultimately won.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, the APC, and Senator Bola Tinubu were named as the first, second, and third defendants in the action, which was dated and filed on June 21.
Follow us on Facebook
Post Disclaimer
The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the author and forum participants on this website do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of Anaedo Online or official policies of the Anaedo Online.
