The legal battle over President Muhammadu Buhari’s academic qualification has shifted to the Supreme Court where the appellants are seeking the nullification of his candidacy in the just concluded presidential election.
The appeal is against the decision of the Court of Appeal which dismissed the appeal on the grounds that it was statute barred and as such cannot be heard.
The Court of Appeal in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Idris, had on July 12, 2019, held that the singular fact that the suit was filed outside the 14 days provided by the law robbed the court of jurisdiction to entertain the suit. The suit was accordingly dismissed for being incompetent and lacking in merit. Read more