The Coalition of United Political
Parties (CUPP) has sought a court order to disqualify President Muhammadu
Buhari from contesting the February 16 elections.
In a statement, Ikenga
Ugochinyere, CUPP spokesman, said Buhari is “mentally and physically unfit” to
rule Nigeria.
The coalition gave reasons for
its submission, saying the president “goofed” at his “uninspiring” re-election
campaigns in Delta and Kogi state.
CUPP also made reference to
Buhari’s absence at the presidential debate organised by the Nigeria Election
Debate Group, adding that Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president, had to “come to
his rescue” at a town hall meeting that held recently.
“We are…seeking from the Court an
Order disqualifying President Muhammadu Buhari from contesting the election to
the office President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and an injunction
restraining INEC from recognising his candidacy,” the statement read.
“Nigerians will also be glad to
know that to prove that we are on the right path, we are also asking the court
to grant an order directing President Buhari to make public the results of the
medical examination which we ask that he be subjected to so that no citizen will
be in doubt that we are saving the country from calamity by taking these
steps.”
“Opposition political parties
have carefully studied President Muhammadu Buhari over the months, especially
since his return to the country after the sickness that took him out of Nigeria
for the better part of 2017, and have come to the conclusion that he is no
longer mentally and physically fit to lead a nation like ours in this century.
“We have come to the conclusion
that re-electing Buhari will only empower members of the cabal that his wife
admitted has hijacked his Presidency to rule us for another four years from the
dark.
“In order to save this great
nation the disaster that will follow if President Buhari is in a rare
happenstance re-elected, we the opposition political parties have therefore
filed litigation in court seeking to declare him unfit to contest for 2019
election because of his mental instability.”
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