When a young man walked into a police station in west London in May last year, it began an international investigation which culminated in the imprisonment of respected Nigerian politician, Ike Ekweremadu. He was found guilty of trying to harvest the man’s kidney for his sick daughter. Nkem Ifejika and Katherine Prescott report for Grey Continent.
In the second of our series looking at the legal challenges to Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima’s election victory, Ameze Belo-Osagie looks at the double nomination case against the vice-president elect. If you missed the first in the series, on the 25% in the FCT question, get up to speed.
The Labour Party and the PDP have employed several different claims to try and convince the Supreme Court to overturn the presidential election of 25 February 2023. In the first of our series looking at each one, Ameze Belo-Osagie starts with a step-by-step examination of the FCT question for the Grey Continent. Part two of the series looking at vice president elect, Kashim Shettima’s alleged double nomination is already available.
