The Supreme Court on Friday held
that President Muhammadu Buhari was right not to have submitted his academic
credentials to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The apex court stated this while
giving a reason for dismissing the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
and its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
According to the court, Buhari
was eminently qualified to contest the last presidential election.
The court held that contrary to
claim by the appellants, no law requires a candidate to submit his/her academic
certificates to the electoral umpire before being allowed to contest the
election.
The Supreme Court also held that
the constitution does not require one to possess a secondary school certificate
to be qualified to run for the presidency.
It added that schooling up to
secondary school, without possessing the result of the final examination was
sufficient.
The Supreme Court further
explained that Buhari did not only show that he has a secondary certificate and
rose to the rank of Major General in the Army, attended military training,
became the nation’s Head of State, could communicate in English and possessed a
primary school leaving certificate, all to the satisfaction of INEC.
The three-man panel of the court
upheld the decision of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, on the
issues of Buhari’s qualification and possession of relevant certificates.
The apex court resolved issues 1
and 2 against the PDP and Atiku.
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