{"id":9834,"date":"2019-05-09T14:33:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T14:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=9834"},"modified":"2019-05-09T14:33:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T14:33:52","slug":"court-begins-hearing-of-suit-on-atikus-claim-as-nigerian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/court-begins-hearing-of-suit-on-atikus-claim-as-nigerian","title":{"rendered":"Court begins hearing of suit on Atiku\u2019s claim as Nigerian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; The hearing of the case concerning the citizenship of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will begin on Thursday, May 9<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The case is presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo at a Federal High Court in Abuja<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The plaintiff, Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission, is claiming that Atiku was not qualified to contest in the presidential election due to his controversial citizenship<\/p>\n<p>A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, May 9, began hearing in a suit probing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s claim of Nigerian citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>The case, presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo, involves the suit by Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission that Atiku was not eligible for the presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) due to his controversial citizenship, The Nation reports.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff seeks the court to shed light on the provision of Sections 25 (1) &amp; (2) and 131 (a) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).<\/p>\n<p>The PDP, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, are the defendants in the said case.<\/p>\n<p>The position of the plaintiff is that Atiku was born on November 25, 1946 in Cameroon. 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