Lawsuit Seeking To Disqualify Buhari From Presidential Election To Be Finalised Tomorrow

The lawsuits seeking the disqualification of the presidential candidate of the APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, in the March 28 election.
At the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Today, there are no fewer than 10 suits seeking Mr. Buhari’s disqualification from the race on different grounds. All have now been consolidated for a hearing since they are all seeking the same relief.

In one of the suits, Chukwunweike Okaforis seeking an order compelling the INEC 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, because the information supplied by the APC flag-bearer in Form C.F 001 that his WAEC 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 and failed to accompany the form with all relevant academic credentials.

Addressing the court at the last hearing, Buhari’s team of lawyers, comprising five Senior Advocate of Nigeria, led by Wole Olanipekun, said all the suits were targeted at stopping the APC presidential flag bearer from participating in the election. The lawyers also contended that no court has the power to stop INEC from conducting the presidential election on March 28.

The suit seeking to disqualify Buhari was adjourned for final judgement tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25th.