A Federal High Court in Abuja will on Thursday open hearing in a suit quarrying former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's claim...
A Federal High Court in Abuja will on Thursday open hearing in a suit quarrying former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s claim to being a Nigerian citizen by birth.
The plaintiff, Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa, wants the court to disqualify Atiku over alleged circumstances surrounding his citizenship. Listed as defendants are the PDP, the Independent National Electoral Commission , and the Attorney- General of the Federation. “That from Atiku’s own testimony that is gazetted and published in most national dailies in circulation, he is from Jada town in Adamawa and Jada used to be in Ganye Local Government Area in Adamawa.
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