A former presidential candidate of the defunct Hope Democratic Party (HDP) during the 2019 presidential election, Bar Ambrose Owuru, had filed an application before the Court of Appeal in Abuja, asking the appellate court to stop President Muhammadu Buhari; Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from inaugurating the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29.
Owuru also predicated his grouse against inauguration of Tinubu or anybody else as successor to Buhari on the grounds that he is the constitutionally adjudged winner of the 2019 election.
He is also claiming that he has not spent his four- year tenure as required by the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
Owuru further alleged that Buhari has been usurping his tenure of office since 2019 because the Supreme Court has not determined his petition filed in 2019 in which he challenged the declaration of Buhari as the election winner.
The appellant also applied for another order directing and placing on notice that any form of handover inauguration, organized by Buhari on May 29, 2023 outside the adjudged winner of the 2019 presidential election, subject of the pending appeal, remains as an “interim place holder” administration pending the determination of his substantive appeal on constitutional interpretation thereof.
Owuru’s motion is supported with an 8-paragraph affidavit praying the Court of Appeal for an expeditious hearing before the inauguration of Tinubu.
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the appeal.
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