Court Permits Buhari, AGF to Reply Suit against Holding Elections, Exams on Saturdays •Fixes May 22 for hearing Alex Enumah in Abuja Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court in Abuja, has permitted President Muhammadu Buhari
Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court in Abuja, has permitted President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation , to regularise their processes in a suit seeking to stop the conduct of elections and examination on Saturdays.Justice Omotosho also granted same application by the plaintiff’s counsel, Benjamin Amaefule and deemed their processes as duly filled and served.
He is specifically asking the court to declare that fixing of elections and examinations on Saturdays is unconstitutional. In the originating summons, the plaintiff is asking the court to declare that the schedule of elections in Nigeria on Saturdays, the “Sabbath day” as observed by members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is a violation of his fundamental rights to freedom of worship.
“It is also a violation of the right to freedom of education of the applicant and the members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Nigeria.”
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