An Abuja- based
lawyer has filed an application seeking declaration by a Federal High
Court in Abuja that President Muhammadu Buhari is no longer capable to
perform his official functions.
Kingdom Okere brought the ex parte
application yesterday asking the court to issue an order of Mandamus
compelling the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to pass a resolution that
the president is incapable of discharging the functions of his office
based on Section 144 (1) (a) and (b) of the 1999 Constitution.
Okere, who is the director of Kingdom
Human Rights Foundation, has joined as defendants in the suit: Acting
President Yemi Osinbajo; Attorney General of the Federation and Minister
for Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN); and the National Assembly.
The lawyer claimed that the president has been on his third medical vacation for over 60 days.
This is the second suit seeking an order
of court compelling Senate President Bukola Saraki to appoint a medical
panel to determine Buhari’s health status, after another filed by
American based Nigerian, Toyin Dawodu on June 28.
No date has been fixed for both cases.
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