Buhari’s Qualification: Appeal Court Dismisses Suit - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 12, 2019
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday dismissed an appeal challenging the academic qualification of President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the last presidential election.
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Athree-man panel of the court led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe-Wilson in aunanimous judgment affirmed the earlier verdict of the Federal High Court inAbuja which had dismissed the suit on the grounds that it was statute-barredand robbed the court of jurisdiction to entertain the suit.
Deliveringthe judgment of the Court of Appeal on Friday, Justice Mohammed Idris, heldthat matter had become statute barred, having not been filed within the 14 daysthe cause of action arose as stipulated under section 285(9) of the NigerianConstitution.
Heheld that the cause of action arose on October 18 2018, when Buhari submittedhis Form CF001, curriculum vitae and a supporting affidavit to the IndependentNational Electoral Commission after he emerged as the All Progressives Congresspresidential candidate in the party’s earlier primary election.