Politics
Case on Buhari’s certificate goes to sleep
The suit filed by Nnamdi Kwokocaha-Ahaaiwe asking the court to nullify the election of Muhammadu Buhari as President has gone to sleep as an Abuja High Court today adjourned it indefinitely.
Nnamdi, an Abuja-based lawyer had gone to court arguing that Buhari was not qualified to run for the position because he did not possess the minimum qualification to run for the office.
He alleged that Buhari did not sit for the Cambridge West African School Certificate, WASC, in 1961.
But the federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Adeniyi Ademola on Thursday adjourned the suit indefinitely, following a notice of appeal filed by the President.
On Wednesday, Buhari had appealed against a previous ruling of the court dismissing his preliminary objection to the suit filed by Nnamdi.
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The president had lined up some senior lawyers led by Wole Olanipekun (SAN) to argue his case. Others in the team are, Lateef O. Fagbemi (SAN), Akin Olujinmi (SAN), Oluwarotimi O. Akeredolu (SAN), Kola Awodein (SAN) and Taiwo Osipitan (SAN).
There were also Charles Edosomwan (SAN), Emeka Ngige (SAN), Femi Atoyebi (SAN), Femi Falana (SAN), Funke Aboyade (SAN) and H.O. Afolabi
The controversy over the academic credentials of Buhari generated a lot of controversy prior to the 2015 general elections, with the Nigerian Military initially claiming that Buhari’s certifecate was not in their custody.
The president allegedly did not include his WASC certificate in the binder of documents he tendered to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as required for candidates in an election.
He instead wrote to INEC saying that his secondary school certificate was with the military board, a claim the board refuted leaving the political atmosphere tense then.
It is the same allegation that Nnamdi is holding on to question the authenticity of Buhari’s emergence as President.
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