Some details of the petition filed on Monday by the Peoples Democratic
Party and its presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar, to challenge the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari
and his All Progressives Congress, emerged on Tuesday.
The
141-page petition contained five grounds, one of which resuscitates the
allegation that Buhari was not qualified to run for the office of the
President on the grounds that he did not possess the constitutional
minimum qualification of a school certificate.
The petition,
sighted by The PUNCH, was filed against the Independent National
Electoral Commission, Buhari and the APC as the first to the third
respondents respectively.
Names of 21 Senior Advocates of Nigeria and 18 other lawyers appeared on the petition.
They were led by Mr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN).
The
five grounds of appeal, read, “The 2nd respondent (Buhari) was not duly
elected by majority of lawful votes cast at the election.
“The election of the 2nd respondent is invalid by reason of corrupt practices.
“The
election of the 2nd Respondent is invalid by reason of non-compliance
with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended).
“The 2nd respondent was at the time of the election not qualified to contest the said election.
“The
2nd respondent submitted to the 1st Respondent an affidavit containing
false information of a fundamental nature in aid of his qualification
for the said election.”
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