Reno Omokri, a former aide to
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday frowned at the Supreme Court ruling
on President Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate.
The apex court had ruled that
Buhari was right not to have submitted his certificates to the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC.
It stated this while giving
reasons 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 an
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.
However, Omokri lamented that
such ruling could further push Nigerians youths away from education.
In a tweet, the former
Presidential aide wrote: “‘General @MBuhari was right not to have submitted his
certificates to INEC – Supreme Court
“Do you now see the problem with
Nigeria? You are right not to submit your certificate. And we expect our youths
to value education?”
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You,Omokri needs to get educated on what the Constitution says. Is it the fault of the judges to interpret what the Constitution says? Blame the framers of the Constitution, not the judges. Get educated!
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