About four days after President Muhammadu bihari said he would not seek third term in office, a member of his party, Charles Enya, has filed a suit (FHC/AI/CS/90/19) before a federal high court in Abakiliki seeking the amendment of the constitution to allow the President to get another term.
An APC chief in Ebonyi State, Enya served as the organising secretary for President Buhari’s campaign organization during the 2019 general election
‘Daily Trust’ reports that he described the two-term tenure limit for presidents and governors as “discriminatory” in relation to the executive and legislative branches of government in Nigeria, in the suit which has Mohammed Sani-Omolori, clerk of the national assembly; the national assembly and Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice as defendants.
He asked the court to prevail on the defendants to remove constitutional clauses hindering elected presidents and governors from seeking a third term in office.
Daily Trust reported that he is seeking an “order of the court nullifying and setting aside section 137(1)(b) and 182(1) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and directing the first and second defendants to delete and expunge sections 137(1)(b) and 182(1)(b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, (as amended).”
This is coming after President Buhari debunked reports of seeking a third term in office.
The third term controversy also marked the last years of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in office.
