Court sitting in Abuja, not to allow Muhammadu Buhari to contest the
March 28 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) due to the pending perjury charge against him.
The plaintiff, through his lawyer U.O. Ukairo, prayed the court to
invoke its original powers and compel Buhari to not only withdraw
from the presidential race, but to equally stop parading himself as a
bonafide candidate for the poll.
He maintained that Buhari violated the provision of section 31 of the
Electoral Act by lying on oath about his educational qualifications.
He added that a personal investigation he conducted revealed that
Buhari lacks the basic educational qualifications, adding that the
information the 1st defendant supplied to the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) in his Form CF001, were false.
Aside Buhari and the APC, INEC was also joined as a defendant in the
suit marked FHC/UM/C9/13/15.
Meantime, Justice Ademola Adeniyi has ordered that the court processes
be served on Buhari at his official residence at 4A and B Sultan Lane,
Off Sultan Road in Kaduna.
The Judge said the defendant could as well serve the Originating
Summons on the 1st defendant via substituted means, to wit; publishing
same in any national daily.
The case was subsequently adjourned to March 26 for hearing.
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