Another suit seeking the disqualification of the presidential
candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen.
Mohammadu Buhari (rtrd.), was filed before a Federal High
Court, Abuja, on Wednesday.
It made the third suit that has been filed to seek an order
declaring Buhari ineligible to contest the February 14
election.
Apart from the disqualification suit, there is a pending direct
criminal complaint against Buhari before a Federal Capital
Territory Magistrate’s Court in Abuja asking the court to
direct that the former Head of State “be brought to book”
for allegedly claiming on oath that he had a certificate he
did not obtain.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja
has already fixed February 9 for hearing in the two previous
suits.
The judge had separately on Monday and Tuesday ordered
service of court papers through substituted means through
publication newspapers in the two suits.
The fresh suit, which is the third seeking Buhari’s
disqualification was filed by Dr. Ayakeme Whiskey on
Tuesday.
The INEC and Buhari are the two defendants in suit marked
FHC/ABJ/CS68/2015.
Like the plaintiffs in the two previous suits, Whiskey
anchored his on the same grounds of alleged failure of
Buhari to accompany his Form CF001 submitted to the
Independent National Electoral Commission, with his
certificates of academic qualifications.
He argued that failure of Buhari to do so had rendered him
ineligible to participate in the poll as he failed to comply
with provisions of sections 131 and 318 of the 1999
Constitution and section 31(3) of the Electoral Act, 2010.
His supporting affidavit read in part, “That the documents
submitted 2nd defendant did not show evidence of school
certificate, whether first or secondary.
“That by not providing and attaching his certificates as
required, the 2nd defendant has left the question of his
qualification for the election to conjecture.
“There is no way to know whether or not the 2nd defendant
has the requisite educational qualification necessary to
contest the position of President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.”
One of the two earlier suits numbered FHC/ABJ/
CS/14/2015 was filed by Max Ozoaka. The other with
number FHC/ABJ/CS/01/2015 was filed by Chukwunweike
Okafor.
The fresh suit by Whiskey has not been assigned to a judge
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