The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday adjourned the suit seeking to stop President Bola Tinubu from seeking re-election in 2027, over alleged certificate forgery, to September 28.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1888/2026, was brought before the court by a former vice president and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar.
While the ADC was joined as the 2nd plaintiff, President Tinubu, his political party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were listed as 1st to 3rd defendants, respectively.
Atiku, had in a 25-paragraph affidavit he personally deposed to in support of the suit, alleged that President Tinubu submitted a bogus National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate to INEC in aid of his qualification for the presidential seat.
He stressed that Tinubu gave false information about himself in the Form CF0001 he tendered before INEC, drawing the court’s attention to the fact that the NYSC certificate he submitted to the electoral body bears the name “Tinubu Bola Adekunle”.
“I know that the NYSC certificate is clearly not one obtained by the 1st defendant, as it belongs to one Adekunle.
“The said NYSC certificate, bearing the name Tinubu Bola Adekunle, is herein attached and marked as Exhibit P2.
“I know that the said NYSC certificate is still in existence and in the custody of the 3rd defendant (INEC) and that it’s a forgery, as the 1st defendant’s name is not Adekunle, and yet he submitted it to the 3rd defendant to be acted upon as genuine,” Atiku averred.
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