Atiku<\/a> would be violating Section 118(1)(k) of the Electoral Act should he put himself forward as candidate.<\/p>\nThese form part of the AGF\u2019s arguments in support of the suit filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja by the Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA).<\/p>\n
The EMA is challenging Atiku\u2019s eligibility to contest for President and praying the court to hold among others, that considering the provisions of sections 25(1) &(2) and 131(a) of the constitution and the circumstances surrounding his birth, the former vice president cannot contest for the top office.<\/p>\n
In documents filed for the AGF by a team of lawyers, led by Oladipo Okpeseyi (SAN), it was agreed that, as argued by the plaintiff, Atiku is not a Nigerian citizen by birth.<\/p>\n
Although the suit marked: FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/177\/2019 was filed before the 2019 presidential election, it is yet to be heard and determined.<\/p>\n
However, it was mentioned on March 15, during which Justice Inyang Ekwo noted that the suit was ripe for hearing and fixed May 4, for that purpose.<\/p>\n
The AGF in the affidavit said: \u201cThe first defendant (Atiku) is not qualified to contest to be President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The first defendant is not a fit and proper person to be a candidate for election to the office of president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first defendant was born on the 25th of November, 1946 at Jada, at the time in Northern Cameroon. By the plebiscite of 1961, the town of Jada was incorporated into Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first defendant is a Nigerian by virtue of the 1961 plebiscite, but not a Nigerian by birth. The first defendant\u2019s parents died before the 1961 plebiscite.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his written address, the AGF argued that the effect of the June1, 1961 plebiscite was to have the people of. Northern Cameroon integrated into Nigeria as new citizens of the country, even after Nigeria\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThis qualified all those born before the 1961 plebiscIte as citizens of Nigeria, but not Nigerian citizen by birth. Consequently, only citizens born after the 1961 plebiscite are citizens of Nigeria by birth.\u201d<\/p>\n
He cited provisions of the 1960, 1963, 1979 and 1999 constitutions and noted that the \u201creasoning of the lawmakers in ensuring that the persons to be the President of Nigeria is a citizen of Nigeria by birth is because such a person is the number one citizen and the image of the Nigerian state.\u201d<\/p>\n
The AGF argued that, where it is revealed that a person was born outside Nigeria before Nigeria\u2019s independence in 1960, in a location which was never part of Nigeria until June 1, 1961, as it is in this case, such a person cannot claim citizenship of Nigeria by birth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is even more so where his parents do not belong to any tribe indigenous to Nigeria until their death. The facts of his (Atiku\u2019s) birth on the Cameroonian territory to Cameroonian parents remain unchallenged.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt best, the first defendant can only acquire Nigerian citizenship by the 1961 plebiscite. The citizenship qualifications under Section 26 and 27 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999), by implication, has limited the first defendant\u2019s privileges or rights and cannot be equal or proportional to the privileges of other citizens who acquire their citizenship status by birth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis would include the legal preclusion of the first defendant from contesting for the office of the President of Nigeria.<\/p>\n
The AGF noted that the only situation where Atiku could have acquired Nigerian citizenship by birth under the 1999 Constitution was if both or either of his parents and grand parents were Nigerian citizens by birth.<\/p>\n
He added that another way would have been \u201cif either his parents had become Nigerian citizen by virtue of Section 25(1) of the 1999 Constitution, which must be in compliance with Sections 26 and 27of the same constitution.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith no concrete proof of compliance, we submit that the first defendant cannot contest election to the office of the Nigerian President.\u201d<\/p>\n
Section 26 contains the process of obtaining citizenship by registration, while Section 27 provides for the process of obtaining citizenship by naturalisation.<\/p>\n
The AGF argued that Atiku, having contested election to the office of the Vice President before now, knowing that he is not a Nigeria citizen by birth, committed an offence under Section 118(1)(k) of the Electoral Act.<\/p>\n
Atiku and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on whose platform he contested the last election, have denied the plaintiff\u2019s claims and prayed the court to dismiss the suit for lacking in merit.<\/p>\n
They also filed a joint notice of objection, in which they insisted that Atiku is \u201ca bonafide citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n
Atiku stated that aside serving as Nigeria\u2019s Vice President from 1999 to 2007, he held many public\/private offices, including serving as Governor of Adamawa State and as a Commissioned Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service.<\/p>\n
He said both his parents, grandparents and great grandparents were born in Nigeria and they lived, died as Nigerians and were buried in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Atiku argued that he is qualified and eligible to be elected into the office of the President of Nigeria, adding that the plaintiff filed the suit in bad faith and in an attempt to malign his person and integrity.<\/p>\n
He queried the plaintiff\u2019s right to challenge his nationality, arguing that it failed to show the interest it has above other citizens of Nigeria to be entitled to approach the court on the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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