LAGOS — The controversy over the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari’s academic certificate has shifted to the court, as an Abuja-based lawyer, Mr. Chike Okafor has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, to disqualify Buhari from contesting February 14 presidential election on account of false information given by the candidate in the affidavit he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in support of his nomination form.

Okafor in suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/01/2015, predicated the case on Section 131 of the Constitution which prescribes a minimum qualification for nomination to participate in Presidential elections and Section 31 of the Electoral Act that stipulates all presidential candidates to depose an affidavit in proof of compliance with constitutional requirement to be President of Nigeria.

The claimant is contending in the suit that Buhari failed to prove that he has the minimum educational qualification to run for President.

He is further contending that Buhari’s affidavit that he possesses the West African School Leaving Certificate (WASC) are false, as not only did he not attach it to his Nomination Form, as compulsorily required, but his claim that the certificates are in the custody of the military had been denied by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Olajide Laleye.

Okafor is, consequently, praying the court to disqualify Buhari from contesting the February 14 presidential election, citing Section 31(5) of the Electoral Act that allows a person that has reasonable grounds to believe that false information has been given by a candidate in his affidavit or document submitted to INEC, in support of his nomination form, to approach the court for the candidate to be disqualified.

elantraceey:
He has money to waste .

pendy79:
I heard the JUSUN strike was called off for this kind of shenanigans.

Lets see who owns sovereignty either the people or PDP.
Attorney General bribing COURT WORKERS to go on strike so as to prevent people with grudges against a stupid primary are not allowed to be heard or all cases against GEJ election are suspended but on seeing the tsunami coming they have decided to open Federal Courts while States Courts are still locked to deflect the anger and lack of any thing to campaign with.
Never in our National History will an Attorney General be bribing union officials to go on strike to forestall intra party crisis but now they need to courts to do them a favour they foolishly think they can get, they have bribed again to open only federal courts meanwhile what JUSUN supposedly went on strike for IS NOT IMPLEMENTED. JONATAN will go down history as the worst president to have ruled Nigeria and his case will be worst than Laurent Gbagbo. Watch out soon. The tsunami is coming

Tot their documentary should do tye magic, let them continue to make Buhari popular, hope they have money to keep playing the Documentary till the 14th of FeBUHARI for a stupid documentary won't deter this CHANGE.

Watch out for the APC's documentary soon on your TV.

pendy79:
I heard the JUSUN strike was called off for this kind of shenanigans.

Lets see who owns sovereignty either the people or PDP.
Attorney General bribing COURT WORKERS to go on strike so as to prevent people with grudges against a stupid primary are not allowed to be heard and all cases against GEJ election are suspended but on seeing the tsunami coming they have decided to open Federal Courts while States Courts are still locked to deflect the anger and lack of any thing to campaign with and playing their last cards od desperation.

Never in our National History did an Attorney General union officials to go on strike to forestall intra party crisis being heard in courts ut now they need to courts to do them a favour they foolishly think they can get, they have bribed again to open only federal courts meanwhile what JUSUN supposedly went on strike for IS NOT IMPLEMENTED. JONATAN will go down history as the worst president to have ruled Nigeria and his case will be worst than Laurent Gbagbo. The tsunami is coming

Tot their documentary should do the magic, let them continue to make Buhari popular, hope they have money to keep playing the Documentary till the 14th of FeBUHARI for a stupid documentary won't deter this CHANGE.

Watch out for the APC's documentary soon on your TV.

elantraceey:
He has money to waste .

elantraceey:
He has money to waste .

elantraceey:
He has money to waste .