Over the weekend, the All Progressives Congress boldly claimed that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is not a citizen of Nigeria by birth and he ought not to have been allowed to contest the election. Since the matter might set a perilous precedent, if left unattended to, we have found it pertinent to make a resolution of some of the key legal issues arising therefrom.
It is true that the above constitutional provision can be easily appreciated by a mind that is unpolluted with political prejudices. In fact, the Supreme Court in Shugaba v. Minister of Internal Affairs 1 NCLR 459 gave judicial approval and interpretation to that particular section. reported, Jada used to be in Ganye Local Government Area of Adamawa State. This area was never part of Nigeria legally until the February 1961 plebiscite in which the people of the then Northern Cameroon voted to join Nigeria. Atiku’s father was from Jada Village of the old Northern Cameroon.
From the above, it requires little or no imagination to detect that Atiku and in fact, anyone from the communities that joined Nigeria by plebiscite in 1961 are citizens of Nigeria by birth. Consequently, they can eligibly run for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under Section 131 of the 1999 Constitution and any political office, whatsoever, without any hindrance once other constitutional requirements are met.
This writer did not state eligibility to be Nigeria President. This omission in his write up has created serious gap, because the issue in court is not about citizenship, position held or not held but eligibility to be Nigeria president.
Nigeria deserved apology from atiku if the allegation is true
I expect this punch Lawyer to know what to do when a matter is already in Court.
U know what they say; if u live in a glass house... He's a Nigerian but the argument is that he's not by birth, which is the requirement to contest for president
Sorry the law is blind
This kind of argument should not come from the camp of who swore to defend the Constitution. It may cause disaffection.
Are we really talking about this? Why wasn't it an issue when he was vice president? Nigeria sef😴😴😴
Why is it that only 1 man carry a lot of wahala on his head? Why does PDP never field a clean person
Diversionary tactics from the ongoing election court case, 9ija.
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