The Supreme court, Monday
dismissed the suit of perjury filed against President Muhammadu Buhari over his
claims on form 001 he submitted to the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, in the February 23, presidential election.
It also established, agreed and
held that the petition was a pre-election matter and, also unarguable filed
outside the 14 days provided by law and, so status-barred.
However, the petition was also
filed against Muhammadu Buhari in his private capacity and not as president
Muhammadu Buhari.
On this premise, the apex court
said it was even wrong for Buhari to engage the services of a senior counsel in
the Federal Ministry of Justice to represent him in his private capacity.
But the appellants are Kalu Kalu,
Labaran Ismail and Hassy El-Kuris. The trio had approached the Supreme Court to
nullify the candidacy of President Buhari in the just concluded presidential
poll over allegations of perjury
Respondent in the suit are Muhammadu
Buhari, ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC.
The presiding Justice, Mary
Odili, in her ruling said, “Appeal withdrawn is hereby dismissed. President
Buhari engaging the services of a senior state counsel from the ministry of
justice to represent him in his private capacity is a clear contravention of
the provision of the Code of Conduct Bureau,CCB, for public officers. ”
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