Jubilation As Court Gives Verdict on Bola Tinubu's Certificate Forgery Scandal
- A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed the suit asking the court to declare the certificates of Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate as false
- Justice Obiora Egwuata of the court ruled that the suit filed by Action Alliance (AA) has overlapped 14 days as mandated by the constitution
- The judge added that the plaintiff lacked the locus standi to file the suit and that he it acted as a busybody to have interfered in another party's affairs
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FCT, Abuja - The certificate forgery filed by the Action Alliance (AA) against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has been dismissed by a federal high court in Abuja on Tuesday, December 13.
In a judgment delivered by Justice Obiora Egwuata, the suit filed by the AA was statute-barred as it overlapped the mandatory 14 days that the 1999 constitution (as amended) had made provision for, Daily Nigerian reported.
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According to Egwuata, the suit is now academic and grossly incompetent, adding that the court did not have the jurisdiction to entertain it or grant the relief that the plaintiff sought.
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Justice Egwuata held that the plaintiff lacked the locus standi to file the suit while stating that it acted as a busybody to have interfered in the internal affairs of the APC.
The judge then dismissed the suit because it is an abuse of the court processes.
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In the suit FHC/ABJ/CS/754/2022, the AA added the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), APC and Bola Tinubu as first, second and third respondents.
In the suit, AA sought a court declaration that the claim by Bola Tinubu that he attended Government College Ibadan and the University of Chicago on his INEC Form CF 001 in 1999, which was presented to INEC was false.
2023 Election: Finally, Tinubu reveals his plan for kidnappers in northern Nigeria
Legit.ng earlier reported that the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has promised to put an end to the issue of banditry, and kidnapping if elected as president in the 2023 election.
Bola Tinubu made the promise while addressing the party faithful at the APC presidential campaign rally in Kaduna on Tuesday.
Kaduna is one of the worst-hit states in the northwest by the activities of bandits and kidnappers with many students and travellers falling victim.
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