Hon. Charles Oko Enya of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has adjured an Abakaliki Federal High court, Ebonyi state seeking the amendment of the Nigerian constitution to enable President Buhari and state governors contest third term.
Hon. Enya who played the key role of Organising Secretary to President Buhari in the 2019 election, prayed the court to direct NASS, Abubakar Malami the Attorney-General of the Federation to expunge the part of constitution which hinders Muhammadu Buhari from seeking re-election for a third term.
Section 137 (1)(b) 1999 constitution (as amended) states that “A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if he has been elected to such office at any two previous elections”. While section 182 (1)(b) states that “no person shall be qualified for election to the office of Governor of a State if he has been elected to such office at any two previous elections”.
However, Enya through his legal counsel Barr. Iheanacho Agboti has called for the expungement of these sections which he described as infringement upon the fundamental human rights.
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In a report obtained by Daily Trust, Enya in a (FHC/AI/CS/90/19) suit declared, “that section 137(1)(b)of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,1999 (as amended) restricting the president to only two terms of four years each, is inoperative by virtue of its discriminatory nature in relation to the executive and legislative branches of government in Nigeria, and therefore null and void and thus inapplicable”.
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