Atiku Heads To Supreme Court To Challenge Tinubu’s Election Victory
He filed new documents in which he accused the President of forgery and lying under oath, and should therefore be disqualified and removed from office.
He filed new documents in which he accused the President of forgery and lying under oath, and should therefore be disqualified and removed from office.
Ahiwe said his legal team would examine the judgment of the Tribunal and advise on the next line of action.
He said Nigerians need to apologize to Mmesoma Ejikeme if people are defending Tinubu’s forged certificate.
He urged fellow presidential candidates Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso to join him in advocating for “propriety, accountability, and justice.”
Atiku hailed David Hundeyin and other journalists for “stepping in when other arms of government failed”.
All the CSU documents and transcripts on the court-ordered deposition in Illinois.
He said it should not take months or decades to certify a presidential candidate’s credentials.
“Let me put it on record for the whole world to know that once you present a forged certificate, you are not qualified ab initio to run.”
“If he’s proven guilty the senate needs to impeach him because that’s the law.”
Chidoka argued that forgery and perjury were grounds for disqualification, as stipulated in Section 137 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
The PDP presidential candidate said he’s not contending the fact that Tinubu attended CSU but that he forged the certificate he currently parades.
“The claim that President Tinubu submitted fake certificate to INEC does not make sense. A man cannot forge the academic records he possesses.”
“We have established that he attended the university, he graduated from it, but the other issue is the certificate he presented to INEC.”
The elder statesman raised concerns that dwelling on the issues would drive away foreign investors.
The senate barred first-time senators from seeking presiding offices.
The assembly described the ruling restraining them from impeaching the deputy governor as “unconstitutional and clearly malevolent”.
Next steps are uncertain, but there is no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority.
He also presented the newly-reconstituted National Working Committee of the party to Buhari at his country home in Daura.
The Speaker is second in the line of succession for the presidency after the US vice-president.
The Tribunal ordered that the certificate of return issued to Sule should be withdrawn and issued to Ombugadu.
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