{"id":100609,"date":"2026-05-12T15:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/100609\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:31:18","slug":"nigeria-presidentielle-2027-la-justice-ajourne-laffaire-portant-sur-leligibilite-de-goodluck-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/100609\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria : Pr\u00e9sidentielle 2027, la justice ajourne l&rsquo;affaire portant sur l&rsquo;\u00e9ligibilit\u00e9 de Goodluck Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koaci.com\/index.php\/publicite\/redirect\/encart-1_131_173?redirect_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcoop-finance.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775156950_616_1_jpg_1766915908.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Koaci.com &#8211; mardi 12 mai 2026 &#8211; 12:40<\/p>\n<p>Goodluck Jonathan (ph)<\/p>\n<p>La<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koaci.com\/recherche?search=+Haute+Cour+f%C3%A9d%C3%A9rale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Haute Cour f\u00e9d\u00e9rale<\/a> d&rsquo;Abuja a ajourn\u00e9 l&rsquo;audience concernant l&rsquo;affaire contestant l&rsquo;\u00e9ligibilit\u00e9 de l&rsquo;ancien Pr\u00e9sident<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koaci.com\/recherche?search=+Goodluck+Jonathan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Goodluck Jonathan<\/a> \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9lection<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koaci.com\/recherche?search=+pr%C3%A9sidentielle+de+2027\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> pr\u00e9sidentielle de 2027<\/a>, suite \u00e0 l&rsquo;absence du plaignant et de son avocat.<\/p>\n<p>Le juge Peter Lifu du tribunal a programm\u00e9 la prochaine audience au 15 mai 2026 et a averti que des frais punitifs pourraient \u00eatre inflig\u00e9s au plaignant en cas de nouvelle absence.<\/p>\n<p>Avant cet ajournement de l\u2019affaire, l&rsquo;ancien pr\u00e9sident Jonathan a contest\u00e9 le vendredi dernier la plainte visant \u00e0 l&#8217;emp\u00eacher de se pr\u00e9senter \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9lection<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koaci.com\/recherche?search=+pr%C3%A9sidentielle+de+2027\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> pr\u00e9sidentielle de 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Plainte<\/p>\n<p>La requ\u00eate a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9pos\u00e9e par l&rsquo;avocat Johnmary Jideobi, qui demande une d\u00e9claration selon laquelle l\u2019ancien Pr\u00e9sident Jonathan est constitutionnellement in\u00e9ligible \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sidence.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Le plaignant prie le tribunal d&rsquo;interdire \u00e0 l&rsquo;ancien Pr\u00e9sident de se pr\u00e9senter comme candidat \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9lection<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koaci.com\/recherche?search=+pr%C3%A9sidentielle+de+2027\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> pr\u00e9sidentielle de 2027<\/a> aupr\u00e8s de tout parti politique et d&#8217;emp\u00eacher la Commission \u00e9lectorale nationale ind\u00e9pendante (INEC) d&rsquo;accepter ou de valider sa candidature.<\/p>\n<p>Jideobi a fait valoir que Jonathan a d\u00e9j\u00e0 atteint la limite constitutionnelle de mandats apr\u00e8s avoir achev\u00e9 le mandat du d\u00e9funt Pr\u00e9sident Umaru Musa Yar\u2019Adua suite \u00e0 son d\u00e9c\u00e8s en 2010, puis avoir exerc\u00e9 un mandat complet de quatre ans apr\u00e8s son \u00e9lection \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sidence en 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Selon le plaignant, permettre \u00e0 Jonathan de se pr\u00e9senter et, potentiellement, de revenir au pouvoir reviendrait \u00e0 ce qu&rsquo;il pr\u00eate serment comme Pr\u00e9sident pour la troisi\u00e8me fois, un acte qu&rsquo;il juge inconstitutionnel.<\/p>\n<p>Audience et absence du plaignant <\/p>\n<p>Au cours de l&rsquo;audience tenue le lundi 11 mai, l&rsquo;avocat de la d\u00e9fense, Chris Uche, a attir\u00e9 l&rsquo;attention du tribunal sur l&rsquo;absence du plaignant, rappelant que l&rsquo;affaire a d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 ajourn\u00e9e \u00e0 la demande de ce dernier.<\/p>\n<p>Le tribunal a alors demand\u00e9 au greffier si une communication officielle a \u00e9t\u00e9 re\u00e7ue pour expliquer l&rsquo;absence du plaignant ou de son avocat. Le greffier a r\u00e9pondu qu&rsquo;aucune lettre de ce type n&rsquo;a \u00e9t\u00e9 soumise au tribunal.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>En retour, le tribunal a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d&rsquo;accorder au demandeur une nouvelle chance de se d\u00e9fendre et a ajourn\u00e9 l&rsquo;affaire au 15 mai 2026, en ordonnant que toutes les parties soient d\u00fbment notifi\u00e9es avant la prochaine audience.<\/p>\n<p>La proc\u00e9dure judiciaire a soulev\u00e9 des questions relatives \u00e0 la notification des convocations \u00e0 l&rsquo;audience, puisqu&rsquo;il est apparu que la Commission \u00e9lectorale nationale ind\u00e9pendante et le procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration (AGF) n&rsquo;ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 notifi\u00e9s, contrairement \u00e0 une ordonnance ant\u00e9rieure du tribunal rendue le 8 mai.<\/p>\n<p>La Commission Electorale et le procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, respectivement deuxi\u00e8me et troisi\u00e8me d\u00e9fendeurs dans cette affaire, n&rsquo;\u00e9taient pas repr\u00e9sent\u00e9s au tribunal lors de l&rsquo;audience.<\/p>\n<p>Mensah,<\/p>\n<p>Correspondant permanent de KOACI au Ghana, Togo et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koaci.com\/recherche?search=Nigeria\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nigeria<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Joindre la r\u00e9daction de koaci.com (+228) 98\u00a095 28 38 ou koaci.ghana@gmail.com \u2013<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775156951_759_user0.jpg\" width=\"50\" alt=\"\" class=\"KoaciRounded\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 Par Koaci<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a9 Koaci.com &#8211; mardi 12 mai 2026 &#8211; 12:40 Goodluck Jonathan (ph) La&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[6655,281,35835,280,251,441,279,490,285,192,126,3854],"class_list":{"0":"post-100609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria","8":"tag-6655","9":"tag-actualite","10":"tag-ajourne","11":"tag-article","12":"tag-info","13":"tag-justice","14":"tag-koaci","15":"tag-koaci-nigeria","16":"tag-l","17":"tag-nigeria","18":"tag-politique","19":"tag-presidentielle"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@afrique\/116562328570812529","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}