A Lawyer involved in the prosecution of a case challenging
President Goodluck Jonathan’s eligibility in next year’s
election, Wahab Olatoye, has said the vital documents
needed to prosecute the case have been stolen.
He said some men broke into his office in Abuja last Friday
and stole “most of the files containing documents to be used in the eligibility suit and other vital documents.”

Olatoye and Adejumo Ajagbe filed the suit before the
Federal High Court, Abuja seeking an order restraining the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the
Attorney- General of the Federation (AGF) from allowing
Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo to seek re-
election next year.

Olatoye said his office at Suite 33, Manga Plaza, Garki Area
11 was burgled on Friday night and vital documents he was
using to pursue his case against the President and other vital documents were taken away.
He said he had reported the incident at the Garki Police
station.“It is really a great surprise to me, when I was called on Saturday morning that my office had been burgled by yet-to-be identified persons. It was my office alone that was
burgled of the offices in the plaza. The thieves came in
through the ceiling and ransacked the files.

“Although, they made away with the money I left in the
office, they also stole documents, especially the ones I am
using in pursuing my case against the eligibility of President
Jonathan to contest the election.

“As a plaintiff in the matter and a lawyer, there are some
documents I need to hand over to my lawyers, which I kept
in the office. My computers were also destroyed, the office
safe was damaged.

“The matter has been reported at the FCDA Police Station in
Garki. The police have promised to come on Monday
morning for further investigation”, Olatoye said.
Olatoye and Ajagbe are contending that by the virtue of
provisions of sections 132(1), 135(2)(a) and (b), 137(1)(b),
142(1) and (2) of the constitution, the President and the Vice
President elected in the same election and sworn into office
on the same date were taken to have been elected for one
term of four years.

The plaintiffs also contended that by the virtue of the oaths
taken by Jonathan and Sambo following the death of
President Umaru Yar’adua in 2010 and their subsequent re-
election in 2011, both of them were deemed to have
completed the two terms allowed by law.

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