The Supreme Court has fixed today for hearing in an appeal seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari as a candidate in the last presidential election.
It was learnt on Sunday that parties to the case had been served the Supreme Court’s hearing notice for the today’s proceedings.
Three Nigerians – Kalu Kalu Agu, Labaran Ismail, Hassy Jyari El-Kunis – filed the appeal, anchored on 12 grounds, before the Supreme Court to challenge the July 12, 2019 judgment of the Court of Appeal. The three appellants had, on their part, commenced their case before the Federal High Court in Abuja in 2018, alleging that Buhari falsely claimed to possess a school certificate he never had.
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