Lawyers Go to Court to Stop Jonathan from Contesting in 2015

Two lawyers and a human rights activist have sued President Goodluck Jonathan, demanding that the court should declare him unqualified to run in next year’s general elections. Their action is based on the premise that President Jonathan was sworn in as President after the death of late President Yar'Adua and that the constitution of Nigeria does not permit any man to by President beyond 8 years.

If President Jonathan contest in 2015 and get re-elected, he would be President for straight 10 years. But are there laws in the books that the Supreme Court can rely on to disqualify Jonathan? Fingers crossed!