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Presidential Bid-The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele Accuses The National Electoral Commission, INEC, Of Plot To Disqualify Him

The governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of a plot to disqualify him from contesting in the bid for the Presidency of Nigeria.

 Emefiele, approached the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, he filed a suit through his team of lawyers, led by Mike Ozekhome, SAN.

He explained to the court that both INEC and the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, are “making frantic efforts” to ensure that he does not participate in the presidential primaries he said has been scheduled for May 30 and June 1.

Consequently, he prayed the court to order INEC and the AGF to maintain status quo ante bellum (allow things to remain the way they are) and not compel him to resign from his position as CBN Governor, until 30 days to the general elections.

He urged the court to, in the interim, restrain the two defendants from taking any step that could push him out of office, pending the determination of the suit.

"My lord, by Wednesday, May 11, 2022, the timeline for collecting the form for expression of interest will expire.

The timeline for the congresses and conventions of the political parties for the presidential election, which he is interested in, comes up on the 30th of May.

“This motion, is therefore, seeking that the court should grant an order for maintenance of status quo.

"Let my lord not allow anybody to do anything,” Ozekhome pleaded while moving Emefiele’s ex-parte application that was supported with an affidavit of urgency.

Adducing reasons he would not resign as CBN governor, Emefiele, contended that not being a political appointee, he was not caught up by section 84 (12) of the new Electoral Act, since he is a public servant.

The plaintiff further drew the attention of the court to a subsisting judgement of the Federal High Court in Umuahia, which he said voided section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act, 2022.

He prayed the court to invoke section 318 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, and bar the defendents from asking him to vacate his office, until 30 days to the presidential election.

Meanwhile, in a bench ruling yesterday, Justice Ahmed Mohammed rejected Emefiele’s ex-parte application, and directed him to go and put the two defendants on notice and also serve them with all the relevant processes in the matter.

Justice Mohammed ordered the defendants to appear before him on May 12 and show cause why the plaintiff’s prayers should not be granted.

Source: The Vanguard

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