Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress have moved to amend their suit challenging President Bola Tinubu’s eligibility to contest the 2027 presidential election, with the Federal High Court in Abuja fixing October 13, 2026, to hear the application.
The suit also joined the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1888/2026, the suit was slated for further mention before Justice Inyang Ekwo.
When the case was called, counsel for the plaintiffs, Joseph Silas, told the court that processes had been served on all the defendants within the stipulated period, and that the plaintiffs had received and responded to their processes.
Recall that an earlier dispute over service of the processes on the first defendant had stalled proceedings in the case.
Counsel for the President, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), reminded the court that at a previous hearing on September 1, 2026, counsel for the second defendant, Popoola Owosanya, had offered to receive the court processes on behalf of the first defendant.
Olanipekun told the court that the offer had been rejected by the plaintiffs’ counsel, who later approached the court for an order permitting substituted service on Tinubu, alleging that the plaintiffs subsequently attempted to “deceive this court” by claiming that they were unable to serve the first defendant.