Court of Appeal in Abuja has adjourned a case seeking the removal Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) as president till May 18, 2022.
The Incorporated Trustees of the Civil Society Observatory for Constitutional and Legal Compliance had filed an appeal seeking the sacking of Buhari for alleged false affidavit in the 2019 general elections.
The civil society group, subsequently, asked the court to declare as president the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar, who came second in the 2019 Presidential election.
When the case resumed on Wednesday, two lawyers — Oluwole Afolabi and F. O. Amedu — appeared for both the All Progressives Congress and Buhari.
The lawyers claimed to be briefed and genuine legal representatives.
Following the confusion, the three-member panel presided by Justice Haruna Tsamani adjourned the appeal to May 18 to enable the parties to reconcile the issue of representation.
APC and Buhari had asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to dismiss the appeal seeking to nullify his election and swear in Atiku as president.
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