A Federal High Court has adjourned the hearing of two cases challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to contest in the 2015 general elections till December 1.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed on Wednesday adjourned the hearing, saying it would allow parties in the suit exchange brief and return for hearing.

Counsel to the plaintiff, Mr Abiodun Owonikoko, said he was seeking an interpretation of the court on the eligibility of President Jonathan based on series of events that had taken place in the last six years.

According to the plaintiff, having spent six years as President from 2010 following the death of former president Musa Yar’Adua, vying for presidency in the 2015 election will give the President a total of ten years instead of the eight years prescribed by the constitution for the president.

They have therefore asked to court to decide if the president is eligible and fit to contest in the light of the constitutional provision.

President Jonathan had on Tuesday declared his intention to vie for a second term in office in the 2015 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He had, 12 days ago, collected the nomination form of the PDP, indicating his interest in the presidential ticket of the party.