gather steam that the
presidential candidate of the
All Progressives Congress
(APC), General Muhammadu
Buhari, may be disqualified
from contesting in the
forthc
oming general
election.
According to reports by Naij,
the Federal High Court,
yesterday, fixed March 19 to
commence the hearing on
seven separate suits which
were laid against the
general.
However, both Buhari and
the APC have maintained
that they would not agree to
accept the service of the
court procedures which they
said were not authentically
served on them.
They questioned the
propriety of Justice Adeniyi’s
orders which had enabled
the accusers to serve the
original summons on them
indirectly.
Chief Mike Ozehkome, SAN,
who represented the
accusers yesterday, advised
the court to advance hearing
on the matter so as to
determine Buhari’s fate
before the presidential
election.
His proposal enraged
Buhari’s lawyer, Olanipekun,
SAN, who contended that
the suit challenging the
certificate his client
submitted to the INEC, has
nothing to do with the
election itself.
“My lord what he is saying is
that this case must end
before this election. It is a
wrong impression. This case
has nothing to do with the
conduct of the election.
What if the presidential
election was held on
February 14?”, Olanipekun
queried.
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