Just as everything seems to be ready for Muhammadu Buhari’s May 29 inauguration, a Nigerian group has called on Abuja Federal High Court to stop the process.
The Advocacy for Societal Rights Advancement and Development Initiative on May 26 filed a suit to stop Mahmud Mohammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, from swearing in the president-elect, the The Punch reports.
The plaintiff insists that the certificate of return issued to Buhari by the INEC contained false information. The demand is to have the certificate nullified as Buhari allegedly provided false information about his academic status.
The group’s lawyer Philip Ekpo explains that the APC politician did not even have the right to run for the presidency, based on the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and and the Electoral Act.
The plaintiff seeks:
“A declaration that the 3rd defendant be stopped from swearing in the 1st defendant as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as the issue of perjury involving the 1st defendant has not been resolved.
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