The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, ordered substituted service of all the legal processes on Atiku to enable him to respond to the suit.
It directed that the former VP, who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, should be served within seven days, through publication of the court processes in a national daily.
It will be recalled that a constitutional lawyer, Johnmary Jideobi had approached the court, contending that Atiku is not constitutionally qualified to participate in the presidential contest.
The plaintiff, told the court that the Atiku acquired his citizenship of Nigeria by virtue of the 1961 plebiscite which integrated some people of Northern Cameroon into Nigeria as new citizens of the country.
