Supreme Court Gets Motion To Stop Inauguration, Empower Saraki, CJN As Acting President

A motion seeking to stop Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration on Wednesday and at the same time empower Senate President Bukola Saraki or Chief Justice of the Federation Tanko Muhammad as Acting President has been lodged at the Supreme Court.

The motion by Hope Democratic Party, HDP and its 2019 presidential candidate Chief Ambrose Owuru followed the dismissal of the same motion by the Presidential Election Tribunal last Thursday.

HDP and Owuru has now through motions filed by their lawyer, Yusuf Ibrahim asked the Supreme Court to stop the inauguration.

In its appeal, the plaintiffs averred that the Presidential Election Tribunal erred in law by refusing to stop the inauguration of Buhari for a second term given the contentions they alleged made his election untenable.

“The court is under an unwavering duty to obey and apply the expressed constitutional prohibitive and injunctive provision of section 1(2) of the 1999 constitutional to safeguard and uphold the sanctity of the constitution above any individual; or group interest under any guise,” they argued.

The notice of the appeal came as the HDP alleged a conspiracy to frustrate the motion at the Supreme Court through bureaucratic means.

The party in a statement issued by its spokesman, Sani Usman said:

“It has come to our notice that our party/petitioner’s notice of Appeal to the Supreme Court duly lodged and assessed by the tribunal Registry has since Friday 25/05/2019, after due payment of the filling fees, has been withheld by the tribunal registry, demanding just this Monday the deposit of N1 Million before any other step will be taken to issue date of settlement of records to ascertain the volume of documents to be transmitted to the supreme Court in the interlocutory appeal arising from the said court ruling of 22/05/2019.

“This development appears arbitrary and unfortunate at this stage of our democratic experiment. It is like putting the cart before the horse and clear attempt to deny the petitioners/Appellant their constitutional right of appeal on a subject deserving and towards improving our laws.

“We hope that our relief seeking order at the Supreme Court that either the Senate President or the chief Justice of Nigeria preside over or hold the rein of government until appeal is determined in accordance with the law as no vacuum is allowed in the government of a nation after May 29, 2019”

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