The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, permission to serve President Bola Tinubu with court documents through the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the application on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, while ruling on an ex parte motion filed by Atiku’s lawyer, Olanrewaju Omotayo-Ojo. The application sought an order allowing substituted service after attempts to personally serve the President were unsuccessful.
The court directed that the legal processes be served on Tinubu through the APC within seven days. Justice Ekwo subsequently adjourned the matter until September 28, 2026, for mention.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1888/2026, was filed by Atiku and the ADC against Tinubu, the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), listed as the first, second and third defendants respectively.
Atiku and the ADC are asking the court to disqualify Tinubu and the APC from participating in the 2027 presidential election. Their case is based on an allegation that a forged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate was submitted to INEC.
The plaintiffs are also asking the court to order INEC to remove Tinubu’s name and that of the APC from the list of candidates and political parties for the 2027 presidential election.
At the hearing, Omotayo-Ojo told the court that the application became necessary because efforts to personally serve Tinubu with the originating summons and other legal documents had not succeeded. He therefore asked the court to permit service through the APC.
The allegation of certificate forgery remains a matter before the court and has not been judicially established. Tinubu and the APC have challenged the suit and denied the allegation, asking the court to dismiss the case.
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