The presidential election
petition tribunal says Atiku Abubakar, former vice president, can question
President Muhammadu Buhari’s qualification in contesting the February
presidential election.
The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), the Ist respondent in the case, had filed an
application asking the tribunal to dismiss grounds four and five of Atiku’s
petition.
Grounds four of the petition is
asking the court to disqualify Buhari over non-qualification, while grounds
five says the president submitted ”false information of a fundamental nature in
aid of his qualification to INEC”.
But the court struck out INEC’s
application, holding that the petitioner did not err by raising questions on Buhari’s
qualification.
It held that grounds four and
five of Atiku’s petition are not a pre-election matter, and ”it is hereby
accepted by the court based on the provisions of the electoral act 2010 as
amended”.
But the tribunal is yet to give a
verdict on the claims made by the petitioner.
Atiku had petitioned the
tribunal, challenging Buhari’s victory in the election. He said the president
was not qualified to vie in the election for allegedly submitting false
information to INEC.
The president counter-petitioned,
saying Atiku was not qualified to run for the office of the president for
allegedly not being a citizen of Nigeria by birth.
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