2023: Court clears Goodluck Jonathan to contest for president
Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, has cleared former President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2023 Presidential contest.
Jonathan has been linked to the APC Presidential race as a group purchased the N100 million forms for him, but there have been different speculations about his eligibility for the 2023 presidential race.
But on Friday, the court held that Jonathan, who lost the 2015 election to President Muhammadu Buhari, could still vie for the highest office in the land.
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The presiding judge, Justice Isa Hamma Dashen, who gave the judgment on Friday, also held that Jonathan’s right to contest for the office of president in 2023 cannot be stopped by any retroactive law.
In an originating summons filed by Andy Solomon and Idibiye Abraham, the plaintiffs sought an order of the court stating that Jonathan is not affected by the fourth alteration to the constitution barring Vice-Presidents who succeed their principals from serving more than one full term.
APC, Jonathan, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are listed as defendants in the suit marked FHC/YNG/CS/86/2022 which is before Justice Isa Dashen.
