<p> </p><p>ABSTRACT</p><p>TABLE OF CONTENTS</p><p>TABLE OF CASES</p><p>TABLE OF STATUTES</p><p>LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS</p><p>

Chapter 1

</p><p>GENERAL INTRODUCTION</p><p>1.0.0: INTRODUCTION</p><p>1.1.0: BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY</p><p>1.2.0: OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY</p><p>1.3.0: FOCUS OF THE STUDY</p><p>1.4.0: SCOPE OF THE STUDY</p><p>1.5.0: METHODOLOGY</p><p>1.6.0: LITERATURE REVIEW</p><p>1.7.0: DEFINITION OF TERMS</p><p>1.8.0: CONCLUSION</p><p>

Chapter 2

</p><p>APPRAISAL OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT</p><p>2.0.0: INTRODUCTION</p><p>2.1.0: THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT</p><p>2.1.1.0: THE PRESIDENT</p><p>2.1.1.1: THE VICE PRESIDENT</p><p>2.2.1: QUALIFICATION AND NOMINATION OF THE CANDIDATES CONTESTING FOR THE OFFICE OF THESE OFFICES</p><p>2.2.2: GROUNDS FOR THE DISQUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATE</p><p>2.2.3: TENURE OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT</p><p>2.2.4: PROVISION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE TENURE OF THIS OFFICE</p><p>2.2.5: DEATH, INCAPACITATION OF THE OF THE PRESIDENT ELECT BEFORE OATH OF OFFICE</p><p>2.2.6: DUTIES, POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT</p><p>2.2.7: REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT FROM OFFICE</p><p>2.3.0: CONCLUSION</p><p>

Chapter 3

</p><p>IMPLICATIONS OF THE ABSENCE OF THE PRESIDENT FROM OFFICE</p><p>3.1.0: INTRODUCTION</p><p>3.1.1: THE ABSENCE OF PRESIDENT MUSA YAR’ADUA FROM OFFICE</p><p>3.2.0: THE LEGISLATURE IN RESPECT OF THE OF THE YAR’ADUA’S CASE</p><p>3.2.1: THE POSITION OF THE JUDICIARY</p><p>3.2.2: THE POSITION OF AUTHORS AND SCHOLARS</p><p>3.30: CONCLUSION</p><p>

Chapter 4

</p><p>AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRESIDENT YAR’ADUA’S CASE</p><p>4.1.0: INTRODUCTION</p><p>4.1.1.0: PERMANENT INCAPACITY OF THE PRESIDENT</p><p>4.1.1.1.: MEANING AND AN EXAMINATION OF PRESIDENT YAR’ADUA’S MEDICAL CONDITION</p><p>4.2.0: THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL</p><p>4.2.1: AT WHAT POINT DOES THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL PASSES THE RESOLUTION DECLARING THE PRESIDENT INCAPACITATED</p><p>4.3.0: A CRITIQUE OF THE MUSA YAR’ADUA’S CASE</p><p>4.4.0: CONCLUSION</p><p>

Chapter 5

</p><p>GENERAL CONCLUSION</p><p>5.0.0: CONCLUSION</p><p>5.1.0: RECOMMENDATION</p><p>BIBLIOGRAPHY</p><p>ARTICLES IN JOURNALS</p><p>ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET</p><p>BOOKS</p><p>NEWSPAPER REPORTS</p><p>NEWSPAPER REPORT ON THE INTERNET.</p> <br><p></p>