The African Action Congress, AAC, has filed a suit against President Bola Tinubu, the National Assembly and the Attorney General of the Federation over the President’s alleged failure to notify the National Assembly before embarking on his vacation in Europe.
The party filed the suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking the court to determine whether Tinubu breached Section 145(1) of the 1999 Constitution by leaving Nigeria without transmitting a written declaration to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2358/2026, listed Tinubu, the Attorney General of the Federation, the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly as defendants.
According to the AAC, Tinubu left Nigeria for Europe on August 30, 2026, and had remained there as of the time the suit was filed.
The party is asking the court to declare that the President is required under Section 145(1) to transmit a written declaration to the Senate President and House Speaker before proceeding on vacation, regardless of the number of days involved.
The AAC also wants the court to declare that the alleged failure to transmit the declaration was unconstitutional and that the National Assembly failed in its constitutional responsibility to act after the President had spent more than 21 days away.
The party is further seeking an order restraining Tinubu from embarking on future vacations, whether within or outside Nigeria, without first transmitting the required written declaration to the presiding officers of the National Assembly.
The suit also asks the court to determine whether Section 145(1), properly interpreted, permits a President to proceed on vacation without transmitting such a declaration.
The case was filed by Inibehe Effiong of Inibehe Effiong Chambers, counsel to the AAC, pursuant to the Federal High Court Civil Procedure Rules and relevant provisions of the 1999 Constitution.
The defendants have been directed to enter an appearance within 30 days of being served. No date has been fixed for the hearing of the case.
