{"id":703453,"date":"2019-09-11T14:18:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/11\/tribunal-upholds-atikus-argument-against-buharis-certificate\/"},"modified":"2019-09-11T14:18:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:18:35","slug":"tribunal-upholds-atikus-argument-against-buharis-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/11\/tribunal-upholds-atikus-argument-against-buharis-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribunal Upholds Atiku&#8217;s Argument Against Buhari&#8217;s Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_665150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-665150\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-665150\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Atiku-Buhari-1.jpg\" alt=\"Atiku and Buhari\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-665150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atiku and Buhari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Presidential Election Tribunal has dismissed the argument by the Independent National Election Commission(INEC) that suggests the PDP\u2019s petition against President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s academic qualification for the 2019 election was a pre-election matter.<\/p>\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party in its argument held that Buhari did not meet the minimum educational requirements to contest for the election.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Independent National Electoral Commission held that the PDP\u2019s demand should only be regarded as a pre-election matter \u2014\u00a0 Asking that the matter be struck off.<\/p>\n<p>Me Mohammed, the tribunal\u2019s head while addressing the issues ruled that Section 138 (1) (a) of the Electoral Act allows for the filing of the petition relating to an allegation of false information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am of the view that the contents of section 138 (1) do not fall in the category of a pre-election matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:\u00a0Buhari Vs Atiku: Nigerians Divided As Tribunal Delivers Judgment<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the issue relates to a matter that happened before the election, the issues relate to vital points that cannot be relegated just to a pre-election matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal, therefore, dismissed the application, with all other members of the panel not objecting to the lead ruling.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Atiku and Buhari The Presidential Election Tribunal has dismissed the argument by the Independent National Election Commission(INEC) that suggests the PDP\u2019s petition against President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s academic qualification for the 2019 election was a pre-election matter. The Peoples Democratic Party in its argument held that Buhari did not meet the minimum educational requirements to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":703454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-703453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tribunal Upholds Atiku&#039;s Argument Against Buhari&#039;s Certificate - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/11\/tribunal-upholds-atikus-argument-against-buharis-certificate\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tribunal Upholds Atiku&#039;s Argument Against Buhari&#039;s Certificate - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\u00a0 Atiku and Buhari The Presidential Election Tribunal has dismissed the argument by the Independent National Election Commission(INEC) that suggests the PDP\u2019s petition against President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s academic qualification for the 2019 election was a pre-election matter. 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