Court grants us leave of Mandamus compelling NASS to impeach Buhari – Osun Lawyer
A lawyer, Mr Kanmi Ajibola says the Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, has granted a leave of Mandamus to compel the National Assembly to commence the process to impeach President Muhammad Buhari. According to Ajibola, Justice Maurine Adaobi Onyetenu ordered the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment process against President Buhari. Ajibola and […]
A lawyer, Mr Kanmi Ajibola says the Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, has granted a leave of Mandamus to compel the National Assembly to commence the process to impeach President Muhammad Buhari.
According to Ajibola, Justice Maurine Adaobi Onyetenu ordered the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment process against President Buhari.
Ajibola and one other person, Mr Sulaiman Adeniyi, had written to the National Assembly to request for impeachment of President Buhari over constitutional breaches.
The lawyer said the Senate and House of Representatives ignored their request and that this prompted them to proceed to the High Court to seek the leave of the court.
In the motion ex-parte, Olaniyi and Sulaiman claimed that in flagrant violation of the 1999 constitution, President Buhari contested election, won and was sworn in as the president on the 29th day of May 2015 without possessing the basic constitutional requirement, which would have made him qualified for the contest of the election.
They further alleged President Buhari in flagrant violation of section 137 (1) (j) of the 1999 constitution presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the purpose of the 2015 presidential election that brought him to the office of the president.
“In the light of the 4th Respondent’s placement to continue in the office as the president, he has no certificate and basic requirement upon which this placement to continue in the office can be placed,” he said.
Olaniyi said the court adjourned the matter till October 30th, 2018. He vowed to pursue case to logical conclusion.