Tag: citizenship status
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2023: Lawyer drags Atiku to court over citizenship status
Former Vice president and presidential flagbearer of the peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has been dragged to court by a lawyer Johnmary Jideobi, asking that the Federal High Court in Abuja should disqualify him.
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Court fixes date for suit challenging Atiku’s citizenship
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, fixed Sept. 27 to hear a suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa, a group, challenging the citizenship of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The plaintiff instituted the suit in 2019 challenging Abubakar’s eligibility to contest for president. When the matter was called,…