Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)
The number of cases filed against the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over alleged non-submission of his academic certificates to the Independent National Electoral
Commission, has risen to at least 10.
Our correspondent confirmed 10 of the cases on
Wednesday though more suits might have been
filed.
Eight of the 10 confirmed suits are before the
Federal High Court in Abuja, one before a Chief
Magistrate's Court in Abuja and one other before
the Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State.
The one before the Chief Magistrate's Court, a
direct criminal complaint, is seeking the trial of
Buhari for alleged perjury for making a false
claim on oath of possessing academic
qualifications.
The suit, before Chief Magistrate Abubakar
Babashani of the FCT Magistrate Court, wants
Buhari "to be brought to book" for allegedly
claiming on oath that he had a certificate he did
not obtain."
The four complainants are Shield Ufot, Jimmy
David, Ogueri Enwerem and Tochukwu Okorie.
Ufot said on Wednesday that the suit was filed
on behalf of the Niger Delta Salvation Front.
In their suit, the complainants claimed that
Buhari, "with intent to mislead a public officer as
to compliance with the provisions of Section 31
of the Electoral Act, 2010 deposed to various
affidavits in the High Court of the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja, wherein he stated that he
attended Katsina Provincial Secondary School,
Katsina State and obtained a West African
School Certificate and that the certificates he
claimed to have obtained are with the Nigerian
Army."
"That the Nigerian Army, in whose custody Maj.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) claim the
certificates are, issued a statement and denied
being in possession of the school certificates,"
the plaintiffs added.
But the plaintiffs in the nine other suits are
seeking court order disqualifying the opposition
presidential candidate in the March 28 poll.
The cases before the Federal High Court in Abuja
are seeking the disqualification of Buhari as a
presidential candidate.
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