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Nwajiuba's principal assignment of educating Nigerians is at the root of the complex election suit he is now canvassing. Many people were taken aback when the PMB came to council and asked all ministers interested in politics to follow the Nwajiuba example and resign. These ministers read the same Nigerian statutes as Nwajiuba but understood it differently. The many issues Nwajiuba is now asking the court to adjudge are basically constitutional questions. A lot of commentaries have been noted since Punch broke the stale news of a matter filed on the 17th of June (barely 10 days after the APC 8th June convention) by 2 NGOs, in which Nwajiuba and 29 others were defendants. Court records show that Nwajiuba only applied to join the suit as a 2nd plaintiff, when 26 of the defendants were struck off on the 6th of July. Many of these commentaries appear to disclose an uninformed mindset.
All the questions Nwajiuba is asking are very generic... whether statutory delegates can be sent out by virtue of the Electoral Act over the provisions of the Party constitution which is a sub-legislation of the 1999 Constitution? This is a matter which Nwajiuba first canvassed in 1999 at the PDP mini convention that he and other House of Reps members backing Sunday Awoniyi, sort to include in the PDP Constitution then, though they lost to Obasanjo's team that backed Gemade. Nwajiuba then managed to convince the APC constitution drafting team, which included Adebayo Shittu (ex.commucation minister,) Hajia Ramatu..(present Fct minister of state) and others, to include statutory delegates at all levels. Its on record that this inclusion helped APC as a new party to win the 2015 election. This provision had been rudely excised by Sen. Lawan in his bid to foist himself on the convention. Being a person with direct interest as a statutory delegate, Nwajiuba has the locus to challenge features like this as one of the 24 issues for determination. Others include, whether s.84(12) should override the 1999 constitution. It may be recalled that those who got the so called "umuahia judgment" were ruled to be without locus by the court of appeal, and PMB's attempt to challenge the Electoral Act was refused at the Supreme Court.
Nwajiuba is also asking questions about double nominations, restriction of litigation rights and ouster clauses on our courts. This matter is against the two leading parties and their candidates.
In asking to be declared the only valid entry of the 10 contestants who scored any vote out of the 29 that bought the APC Presidential nomination form, Nwajiuba may be the only option to save APC from having to not only to pay a fine but forefeit the sums it collected without verifying its source, in clear contravention of the provisions of Section 90(3) of the Electoral Act, since none except Nwajiuba's, of the contributions APC recieved in excess of 50m can be said to have been verified. Nigerians require further education especially on how a society of rules and laws should function. Everything cannot be based on assumptions.