ADENIYI Ademola, justice of the federal high court in Abuja, has
adjourned a suit challenging the veracity of the academic credentials of
President Muhammadu Buhari indefinitely.
In his ruling on
Thursday, Adeniyi said that the case was being adjourned indefinitely,
following a notice of appeal filed by the president.
On
Wednesday, Buhari had appealed against a previous ruling of the court
dismissing his preliminary objection to the suit filed by Nnamdi
Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, an Abuja-based lawyer.
The bottom-line of
Nwokocha’s suit is that Buhari was not qualified to run for president
because he did not possess the minimum qualification to run for the
office.
He is alleging that Buhari did not sit for the Cambridge West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1961.
Senior
lawyers lined up by the president to argue his case are Wole Olanipekun
(SAN), Lateef O. Fagbemi (SAN), Akin Olujinmi (SAN), Oluwarotimi O.
Akeredolu (SAN), Kola Awodein (SAN), Taiwo Osipitan (SAN).
Others are Charles Edosomwan (SAN), Emeka Ngige (SAN), Femi Atoyebi (SAN), Femi Falana (SAN), Funke Aboyade (SAN), H.O. Afolabi.
Meanwhile,
Nnamdi Nwokocha Ahaiwe has filed an amended suit before a Federal high
Court in Abuja challenging the academic qualification of President
Muhammadu Buhari.
In the amended motion on notice before Justice
Ademola Adeniyi filed on Monday, Ahaiwe is seeking an order of the court
invalidating the candidature of Buhari in respect of the 2015 general
election.
The lawyer also wants the court to order the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the
‘Certificate-of-Return’ to Buhari and issue a fresh one to former
president, Goodluck Jonathan, who came second in the election.
Ahaiwe’s
pending suit filed in the court in 2015 is contending that the
president does not possess the minimum constitutional requirement of a
primary six certificate or a West African School Certificate.