Mr Falana said this in a statement in response to growing calls on Mr Jonathan to throw his hat into the ring ahead of the 2023 election.
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, Wednesday said that former President Goodluck Jonathan cannot contest in the 2023 presidential election, citing constitutional provisions barring the ex-president from seeking re-election.
Mr Jonathan spent five years in office as President which would make it nine years in office if he contests and wins again, Mr Falana said. “A person who was sworn in to complete the term for which another person was elected as President shall not be elected to such office for more than a single term,” the section 137 of the constitution cited by Mr Falana reads.
Mr Falana recalled that the Supreme Court rejected Mr Ladoja’s prayer on the grounds that a governor was only entitled to spend a maximum period of eight years or less and not more than 8 years. “In Marwa v. Nyako 6 NWLR 199 at 387 the Supreme Court stated that Section 180 and of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has prescribed a single term of 4 years and if a second term, another period of 4 years and not a day longer.
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