Updated: Lawyers seeks prohibitory injunction to stop Tinubu’s inauguration
A fresh motion on notice seeking to stop the inauguration of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s next President on May 29 has been instituted at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The suit marked CA/CV/259/2023 was instituted by Ambrose Owuru, who is constitutional lawyer and a past presidential candidate who ran for the presidency under the platform of the Hope Democratic Party in 2019. Listed as respondents in the motion on notice are the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and the Independent National Electoral Commission as 1st to 3rd