In the lawsuit filed FHC/ABJ/CS/2119/2022, the plaintiffs seek the court to prevent Buhari and INEC from proceeding with the 2023 electioneering process unless the voter registration and biodata base are revised to include them as registered voters.
Barrister Chikwe Nkemnacho and Kenneth Azubuike Nkemnacho, both residents of the United Kingdom, filed the lawsuit on behalf of Nigerians living in the diaspora around the world.
In the lawsuit filed on their behalf by Augustine Temfeh-Nkemnacho, they are requesting that the court declare that they have the right to participate in the electoral process by being registered to vote in 2023 and all elections, regardless of where they are domiciled, in accordance with Sections 13, 14, 42, and 17 of the 1999 Constitution.
Plaintiffs are also requesting that the court declare that INEC still has ample time to comply with the mandates of Sections 13, 14, and 15 of the 1999 Constitution.
They contended that their fundamental rights under the Constitution of 1999 will be violated if they are not permitted to vote in the 2023 election and later elections.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, who is hearing the case against INEC, the Chairman of INEC, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has set January 19, 2023 as the date for the case to be mentioned and for the defendants to file their separate responses.
