The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division will today deliver judgment in a suit challenging the academic qualification of President BUHARI to contest the February 23, 2019, presidential election.

 

 

A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal presided over by Justice ATINUKE AKOMOLAFE-WILSON, had on Monday, July 8, reserved judgment in the suit after listening to the argument by both counsels on the matter.

 

 

At the last sitting, counsel to the appellant, UKPAI UKAIRO, insisted that President BUHARI was not educationally qualified to have stood for the election on the grounds that the required certificates were not attached to his form CF001, submitted to INEC for clearance to contest the presidential poll.

 

 

The counsel denied the claim that the suit of the appellants was statute-barred, adding that the case was instituted on November 5, 2018, within the 14 days allowed by law.

 

 

UKAIRO, therefore, urged the Court of Appeal to allow the appeal and set aside the decision of the Federal High Court on grounds of miscarriage of justice.

 

He asked the court to nullify BUHARI’S participation in the February 23 presidential election because he was not educationally qualified for the poll at the time he did.

 

 

However, lawyers to the 1st and 2nd respondents urged the court to dismiss the appeal for being incompetent and lacking merit.