A federal court is set to deliver a ruling on a request to amend an eligibility suit that Atiku Abubakar and his party, the African Democratic Congress, filed in August against President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress.
Tinubu and the APC are pushing back. Both parties have formally opposed the request, signaling that the legal fight over the 2027 eligibility question is already heating up well before any campaign season begins.
The amendment request puts the case back in the spotlight just as Nigerians are beginning to watch the political landscape ahead of the next general election. Whatever the court decides will set the tone for how far Atiku is willing to take this challenge.
Originally published by Premium Times.