Tribunal backs PDP, says Buhari’s academic qualification not ‘pre-election matter’
The Presidential Election Tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the argument by INEC suggesting that the complaints by the 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.INEC’s application that the petition regarding qualification be struck off was supported by a five-paragraph affidavit. The tribunal held that it has within its powers to entertain the application and determine the details contained in the petition.
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