Supreme Court on Buhari's Election: PDP should've called 250, 000 witnesses

The Supreme court has said the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, should have presented 250, 000 witnesses before the 2019 election tribunal to prove its case.

Mr Abubakar and his party approached the apex court after the Court of Appeal dismissed its petitions in September. It asked the court to give further interpretation to its claims against Mr Buhari’s qualifications to contest the election. Regarding the allegations of non-compliance, the court said the PDP had a responsibility, not only to provide witnesses but to do so sufficiently to support its allegations.

Mr Okoro read through Section 318 of the Constitution to further explain the meaning of “school certificate or its equivalent’.

“The court was right to hold that the second respondent was eminently qualified to contest election. The admission by the appellants witnesses that Buhari rose to the head of the military and served as military president were compelling enough to help the lower court reach its verdict,” Mr Okoro said.

Mr Okoro said the failure of the PDP to obtain a subpoena for the presentation of the secretary of the military board at the tribunal was flawed.

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