Politics

Federal High Court Declares Jonathan Eligible To Contest 2023 Presidential Election

A Federal High Court sitting in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State on Friday, 27 May 2022, declared that former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest for president in the 2023 general elections reports Prime Business Africa.

The judgment was delivered by Justice Hamma Adama Dashen who declared that the former President is not affected by the fourth alteration to the constitution barring Vice-Presidents who succeed their principals from serving more than full term.

President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2018 signed the fourth alteration of the 1999 Constitution which bars Vice-Presidents who succeed their principals from serving more than one full term.

Jonathan was Nigeria’s vice-president between 2007 and 2010. He became the president in May 2010 following the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and completed the latter’s tenure.

The development is coming 72 hours to APC presidential primaries, precisely slated to hold between May 29 to May 30, 2022.

Jonathan rejected Presidential form paid on his behalf few weeks ago by a Coalition group.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.