Presidential Candidate of the National Rescue Movement, Usman Ibrahim-Alhaji drags President Buhari and PDP Candidate, Atiku Abubakar to court, over alleged excess spending on campaigns. ICYMI
The Presidential Candidate of the National Rescue Movement, Mr Usman Ibrahim-Alhaji has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , Atiku Abubakar to court over alleged excess spending on campaigns.
The plaintiff through his counsel, Mr Ezekiel Ofou is praying the court to set aside the participation of Buhari and Atiku on the grounds that they spent over N1 billion each as campaign expenses. When the matter came up on Tuesday, Ofou told the that he found it extremely difficult to serve the court papers on Buhari and Atiku, who were the main defendants in the suit because of the retinue of security around them.
He predicated the ex parte motion on Order 6 Rule 5 of the Federal High Court Practice Direction for permission to allow him serve Buhari and Atiku through the legal departments of their respective parties.
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