Prolonged absence: Tinubu sued for refusing to hand over power

The African Action Congress, AAC, has sued President Bola Tinubu earlier the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, implicit his refusal to manus implicit powerfulness to Vice-President Kashim Shettima since helium travelled to Europe connected August 30, 2026.

The suit, tagged FHC/ABJ/CS/2353/2026 and dated September 28, 2026, was filed by mode of an originating summons by the AAC’s National Legal Adviser, Inihebe Effiong.

According to the suit, President Tinubu is listed arsenic the archetypal defendant; the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, arsenic the 2nd defendant; the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, arsenic the 3rd defendant; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, arsenic the 4th defendant; and the National Assembly arsenic the 5th defendant.

Recall that the President near Nigeria for Europe for a three-week moving abrogation arsenic portion of his yearly leave.

The Presidency, connected September 21, erstwhile Tinubu was primitively billed to instrumentality to Nigeria, announced an hold of the President’s abrogation by a fewer much days, with his instrumentality expected past weekend.

Meanwhile, as of Monday, September 28, President Tinubu had yet to return.

In the suit, the AAC is seek...