Tribunal dismissed the argument by INEC demanding complaints by PDP against President Buhari a pre election matter.
The matter was related to matter that happened before election.
The Presidential Election Tribunal has dismissed the argument by the independent National Electoral commission(INEC) demanding that the complaints by the peoples Democratic party(PDP) against President Muhammadu Buhari’s academic qualification for the 2019 election was a pre-election matter.
The Peoples Democratic Party’s argument is that President Buhari did not meet the minimum educational requirements for emerging as a candidate for the election.
This is among several issues raised by the petitioners to challenge Mr Buhari’s re-election.
The head of the tribunal, Mr Mohammed ruled that Section 138 (1) (a) of the Electoral Act allows for the filing of petition relating to an allegation of false information.
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The tribunal held that it has within its powers to accept the application and determine the details contained in the petition.
“I am of the view that the contents of section 138 (1)does not fall in the category of a pre-election matter.
“Although the issue relates to a matter that happened before the election, the issues relate to vital points that cannot be relegated just to a pre-election matter.”he said.
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