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Federal High Court has dismissed two suits seeking the disqualification
of Muhammadu Buhari from the March 28 presidential election.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of Federal High Court, Abuja, struck out the two suits Wednesday.
There has been controversy over the academic qualification of Mr. Buhari for the election which he eventually won.
Supporters
of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said Mr. Buhari did not
meet the constitutional requirement of a secondary school certificate
for the post of the president.
Days before the March 28
presidential election, there were concerns Mr. Buhari would be
disqualified. The court later adjourned the case to April 22.
There
were no fewer than 10 suits seeking Mr. Buhari’s disqualification on
different grounds. All the suits were consolidated since they sought the
same relief.
In one of the suits, Chukwunweike Okafor sought an
order compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission to
remove or delete Mr. Buhari’s name and that of the APC from the list of
persons and political parties eligible for the office of President.
Mr.
Okafor asked the court to hold that the information supplied by the APC
flag-bearer in Form C.F 001 that his West African School Certificate
was with the Nigerian Army was false and should be disqualified from the
race.
In another suit, Max Ozoaka asked the court to disqualify
Mr. Buhari on the ground that the INEC Form Cf 001 the APC candidate
submitted to INEC was incomplete.
He argued that Mr. Buhari failed to accompany the form with all relevant academic credentials.
Mr.
Ozoaka also raised objections regarding some of the information
contained in other documents submitted by the APC candidate, including
voter’s card.
Credit: Premium Times
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