Today, an Abuja based lawyer, Chike Okafor approached a Federal High Court in Abuja to disqualify presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), retired Major General Mohammadu Buhari from contesting the 2015 presidential elections.
The case is Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/01/2015. The suit is filed pursuant to Section 131 of the Constitution which prescribes a minimum qualification for nomination to participate in Presidential Elections and Section 31 of the Electoral Act that stipulates that all presidential candidates to depose an Affidavit in proof of compliance with constitutional requirement to be President of Nigeria.
The lawyer is claiming that Buhari failed to prove that he has the minimum educational qualification to run for President.
It was the contention of Okafor that Buhari’s Affidavit that he possesses the West African School Leaving Certificate (WASC) are false, as not only did he not attach it to his nomination form, as compulsorily required, but his claim that the Certificates are in the custody of the Military has been denied by the former Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Olajide Laleye.
He then asked the court to disqualify Buhari from contesting the 2015 general elections.
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