2027 Election Gets Murky, Atiku Goes to Court, Seeks to Stop Tinubu from Contesting

·Personally deposes to affidavit, asks INEC to produce Tinubu’s CF001 records

Chuks Okocha in Abuja

The 2027 presidential contest has taken a contentious turn, with former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, dragging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu before the Federal High Court in Abuja in a bid to stop him from contesting the election.

Atiku yesterday personally appeared at the registry of the Federal High Court, Abuja, where he deposed to an affidavit in support of a suit challenging Tinubu’s qualification to contest the 2027 presidential election.

The action, instituted by Atiku and the ADC against Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), invokes, among other provisions, Sections 137(1)(j), 139(1)(a)(i) and 285(14)(c) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), as well as provisions of the Electoral Act 2026.