Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP in the February 23 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, and his party has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari was not qualified to have contested the poll and as such, should be disqualified by the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.
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Besides, the petitioners in their final address to the Tribunal insisted that they have proved all allegations contained in their petition against the conduct of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
In a 43-page final address filed Wednesday by their lead counsel and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Levy Uzoukwu, Atiku and PDP claimed to have established the fact that Buhari does not possess the requisite academic qualification for the position of President of Nigeria.
The petitioners said even President
Buhari’s own witnesses, under cross-examination, admitted to the fact that
Buhari does not possess a school certificate, being the basic requirements for
contesting for the office of the president.
