The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), on the other hand, has accused Buhari of forging the released WAEC
results.
The controversy surrounding the academic
credentials of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari seems to be
never-ending as a lawyer has taken him to court over the issue.
Abuja-based lawyer, Chukwunweike Okafor has urged a Federal
High Court to disqualify Buhari from contesting the upcoming Presidential
elections due to false information given by the candidate in the affidavit he
submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) in lieu of his certificate.
The suit was filed
pursuant to Section 131 of the Constitution, which prescribes a minimum
qualification for nomination to participate in the presidential election and
Section 31 of the Electoral Act that requires all presidential candidates to
depose to an affidavit that they have satisfied and complied with the
constitutional requirements to be President of Nigeria
The case tagged
FHC/ABJ/CS/01/2015 has Buhari, APC and the Independent National Electoral
Commission as the first, second and third defendants respectively.
Buhari had told the electoral body that his
credentials were in the possession of the Secretary of the Military Board but
the army denied this.
The former Head of State, Buhari issued a
statement saying that he assumed his certificates were with the army and was
surprised they weren’t.
He then authorized the Katsina College, his
alma mater to release his West African Examination Council
(WAEC) results.
The lawyer is therefore
seeking an order of the court “compelling INEC to withdraw, remove and/or
delete the names of the 1st and 2nd defendants from the list of persons or
political parties eligible to contest for the Office of the President of
Nigeria in the 2015 general elections.”
No date has yet been
fixed to hear Okafor’s originating summons.
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