Tribunal: PDP & Atiku/Obi’s Grounds of Petition and the Provisions of the Electoral Act

Electoral Act (2010 as amended), Section 138 (1) An election may be questioned on any of the following grounds, that is to say: 

*(a) That a person whose election is questioned was, at the time of the election, not qualified to contest the election*

*Note: Please note that this section is part of the 2015 amendments of the 2010 Electoral Act. It’s not a pre-election issue* 

PDP and Atiku/Obi’s Grounds of Petition N0s 4 & 5

N0 4: *The 2nd Respondent (Muhammadu Buhari) was at the time of the election not qualified to contest the said election (February 23, 2019 Presidential Election)*

*Reasons Why President Buhari was not qualified to contest*

President Muhammadu Buhari failed to satisfy the mandatory requirements of Section 131 (d) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 which provides that: *a person shall be qualified for election to the office of President if …(d) he has been educated up to at least school certificate levels or its equivalent”.*

*To be qualified, President Muhammadu Buhari MUST produce his Primary School Certificate or his West African School Certificate (WASC) or his Officer Cadet Certificate (Whatever that means), since those were the qualifications he claimed in his form CF001*

N0 5: *The 2nd Respondent (Muhammadu Buhari) submitted to the 1st Respondent (INEC) an affidavits containing false information of a fundamental nature in aid of his qualification for the said election*

Lying on oath: (Perjury)

President Muhammadu Buhari deposed to an affidavit, as attached to his form CF001, 

1. Lying that his certificates were (currently with the Secretary, Military Board) with the Nigerian Army or taken from him during recruitment. 

The Nigerian Army has since debunked this false claims on November 24, 2014 and President Buhari’s own witness, General Chabri  Tarfa also told the court that “there was nothing like that”

2. President Buhari also lied in the affidavit he submitted to INEC and to the court in evidence that he attended Middle School, Katsina in 1953. 

Facts is that the Middle School System was abolished in Northern Region of Nigeria before 1953. 

3. In summary, President Buhari lied that he possesses primary school certificate, WASC and Officer Cadet. He could not substantiate this by providing the certificates to INEC or to the court as required by law. 

Electoral act (2010 as amended) Section 138 (1) (b): *that the election was invalid by reason of corrupt practices or non-compliance with the provisions of this act;*

PDP and Atiku/Obi’s Grounds of Petition N0s 2 & 3

No 2: *The election of the 2nd Respondent (Muhammadu Buhari) is invalid by reason of corrupt practices*

In the EU, IRI/NDI Election Observer reports, the Situation Room reports and recently the CDD reports, the reports exposed INEC’s manipulations of voters register, suppression and cancellation of votes in areas perceived to be PDP strongholds, (Nasarawa, Lagos, Borno, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Niger, Kogi, etc) 

The use of Nigeria security agents and APC thugs to intimidate voters, ballot stuffing, snatching and replacement of ballot boxes, massive thump printing in favour of the APC and it’s Presidential Candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, etc. 

N0 3: *The election of the 2nd Respondent (Muhammadu Buhari) is invalid by reason of non-compliance with the provisions of the electoral act (2010 as amended)* 

In most polling units, INEC’s returning Officers, refused to paste result sheets at the polling units as required by law. 

Results were canceled in most Collation centers across the country against the provisions of the electoral act. 

INEC guidelines was very clear on the use of smart card readers during accreditation but this provision was violated by INEC officers. Elections were conducted manually without the use of the Smart Card Readers as required. 

In most cases, witnesses reported that there was no accreditation at all. Voters were just given ballot papers to cast their votes without accreditation. E.g, Borno, Kebbi, Yobe, Kano, Katsina, Niger states, etc 

Electoral act (2010 as amended) Section 138 (1) (c): 

*that the Respondent was not duly elected by majority of lawful votes cast at the election;*

PDP and Atiku/Obi’s Grounds of Petition N0 1:

*The 2nd Respondent (Muhammadu Buhari) was not duly elected by majority of lawful votes cast at the 2019 Presidential Election*

Observer reports indicates that collation process in the February 23, 2019 Presidential election was the most chaotic, fraudulent and not transparent. 

Votes don’t tally. In Yobe and other states, the number of votes cast is far higher than the number of people accredited. 

*It’s time to #RescueNigeria*

#JusticeNow #DemandForBuhariCertificates #BuhariResignNow

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