The Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy (CFRPA) has kicked against the order of transfer made by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court on the case challenging President Bola Tinubu’s academic credentials, from Kano to Abuja.
The CFRPA had on June 26, 2026, filed suit No: FHC/KN/CS/312/2026 (The incorporated trustees for reform and public advocacy v. Bola Ahmed Tinubu & 2 Ors) in Kano.
The group is challenging the academic credentials presented by the president, and raised serious constitutional questions under Sections 131 and 137(1)(j) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.
Its Head of Legal Unit, Kalu Agu, in a statement issued yesterday, noted that the transfer application was initiated and written by lawyers representing Tinubu, saying the speed and manner of granting the transfer give the impression of preferential treatment.
This, it added, created a reasonable apprehension of bias on the part of the office of the Chief Judge in favour of Tinubu and his legal team.
The group claimed that Kano is where many of the witnesses and members reside, adding that transferring the case to Abuja at the instance of Tinubu imposes unnecessary hardship, cost, and inconvenience on the plaintiff, and is designed to frustrate the case.
(FROM: THISDAY)
