The Honorable Justice Ademola Adeniyi sitting at the Federal High Court 7, Abuja on Thursday 26th, May 2016 dismissed the Preliminary Objections filed by President Muhammadu Buhari in the case instituted against him, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/110/2015 by an Abuja based Legal Practitioner, Barr. Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe challenging his competence to stand election into the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria when he lacks the basic educational qualifications set out in the Constitution.

The development has reportedly thrown the Nigerian presidency into disquiet as President Buhari and his handlers greeted the ruling with shock, as very few Nigerians including members of Buhari's government realized the case was still in court.

According to an informed source on the development, the ruling has caught the Buhari presidency unawares and has posed a big distraction for government activities at the Villa. “Nobody even knew the case was still on. The story was not even reported in the mainstream media. No paper carried the Thursday ruling. But I can tell you the Presidency is rattled and seriously hoping that the case does not resurface again in the public domain because of the huge embarrassment it could cause the President. But more importantly, there are concerns about the safety of the judge and the plaintiff”, the source disclosed.

Recall that in February 2015, Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, Esq. filed an Originating Summons at the Federal High Court, Abuja praying the Court to among others declare that Buhari is unqualified to aspire to the position of President not having sat for the Secondary School Certificate and also deposing to a false affidavit about his educational qualifications contrary to the Electoral Act.

Buhari and the APC instead of entering a defence on the merits and exhibiting any educational certificates obtained by Buhari, tried to frustrate the hearing of the case by filing several objections to the competence of the action.

President Buhari reportedly retained over twenty SANs led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, Chief Akin Olujinmi, Femi Falana, etc., who for over one year now have failed to file any defence for Buhari or APC but instead used every trick in the book to delay the case.

But on Thursday, the Hon. Justice Ademola Adeniyi in his ruling on the case, dismissed all applications by the defendant as totally lacking in merit. He held that the suit filed by Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe was competent and the service on Buhari and APC was also competent.

He thereafter adjourned the case to the 16th day of June 2016 for hearing of the substantive Originating Summons to determine whether Buhari's educational qualifications meets the minimum standards required by the Constitution.

According to reports made available to SIGNAL, only the counsel to INEC was in Court, the plaintiff was absent but wrote to the Court explaining that he received notice of the date for the ruling the previous night and was out of town and could not make it. APC (2nd Respondent) and Buhari (3rd Respondent) were absent, were not represented and did not write to Court.

It will be recalled that there were claims by online handlers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the Nigerian Army located President Buhari's "missing certificate" after the elections. The missing certificate saga raised contention as to the eligibility of Buhari to contest the presidential election. However, it is on record that there was no official statement by the Nigerian Army up till this day corroborating claims that the certificate has been found.

SIGNAL will now monitor this case and present updates as they come.

Read more: http://www.signalng.com/breaking-panic-aso-rock-federal-high-court-throws-buharis-application-certificate-case/

Hmmmmmm

Hmmmmmm.

Interesting. I'll be watching the whole series in my 3D glasses. No comments yet.

Showyourcertificate

pls we have much issue on the ground now..make una free dis man small

Jonathan na cool guy sha....him for first sack Jega, then influence this certificate case, make Buhari no see presidency.

Let the show begin. We all know he has no certificate and this is evident in the horrible state of the economy.

May be Nigerians prayers is getting to God after all. But, is God trying to answer our prayers? The next news is that the judge is sacked.

Is it not clear to everybody now that he is incompetent? Illiteracy has a way of manifesting.

No shaking. Sai Buhari.

So PMB was using delay tactics too, just like Seraki

Mr President should protect his integrity and just present his certificate.......not the NEPA Bill certificate this time though

But more importantly, there are concerns about the safety of the judge and the plaintiff”, the source disclosed.

Most people didn't see this part!! Is our democracy under treat?

In Deji's voice 'A greater than Abacha is here'

When a man without certificate or rather with an F9 in Mathematics and Economics in a heavily mutilated and highly controversial certificate was chosen to represent a party as her best candidate and eventually wins election by major support from ethno-religious agents.

He was later as a president saddled with the socioeconomic prosperity of a country of 200 million people.

He appointed and controls a pseudo economic team and takes over monetary and fiscal policy of the country, a dictator that took over the roles of CBN.

Power hungry illiterate that dictates for the Law Courts and gags the voice of the Law Makers...a tyrant was reinvented.

Today the country is poorer and more confused than any time in her history.

one thing I know is that, one way or the other pmb will never finish his tenor.

Where ar the ZOMBIES?

Them go talk say the report na lie now cos paper has refuse to publish it.

What evidence do nigerians need to blv that the dry, empty skull daura king does not even have NEPA BILL sef let alone WEAC result.

With the way issues in this country are been handled,I don't blv we need a soothsayer to tell us that he is an ILLITERATE

mynd44 don't close this thread.

So Buhari too sabi how to go get injunctions. Hehehehehe.
lets the game start.

So what happened to NEPA bill presented then ?

NEPA certificate na certificate made them go court go prove am.

tutaboi:
pls we have much issue on the ground now..make una free dis man small

pls na, make una no free d man, thunder fire ipod. pls ipod, why not use this saga to blackmail d man to release una messiah,ipod dilector, Dam bit.ch of a terrorist group

op Mu Mu 4life

tempest01:
Jonathan na cool guy sha....him for first sack Jega, then influence this certificate case, make Buhari no see presidency.

anwe:

NEPA certificate na certificate made them go court go prove am.

all na equivalent to b.sc, ipod can go hang themselves

Lalasticlala front page pls, show for once that you are not part of those supressing news but rather a neutral mod. here is the authentic links

http://www.signalng.com/breaking-panic-aso-rock-federal-high-court-throws-buharis-application-certificate-case/

anwe:

NEPA certificate na certificate made them go court go prove am.

all na equivalent to b.sc, afterall many b.sc holders like that ipod computer science graduate girl,who cannot speak and write in english, ipod can go hang themselves

The Judge decision does not mean any indictment. What is left is the President to prove his case in court.

APC is a nonsense government.

IT IS A SHAME THAT SOMEONE WHO HAS THE ONLINE NAME JESUSLOVEYOU WHO MAKE SUCH HATEFUL AND STUP1D COMMENT. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR MONIKER NAME AS YOU ARE A M0RON WHOSE COMMENTS AND POST ARE USELESS

Jesusloveyou:
pls na, make una no free d man, thunder fire ipod. pls ipod, why not use this saga to blackmail d man to release una messiah,ipod dilector, Dam bit.ch of a terrorist group

Hmmm!!!! The annoying thing is how majority of his appointments have been in favour of the northern region. Is that to mean other tribes are not competent? It would have been commendable if this people are sure to deliver, that would have helped a bit but most of them are at worse back dated in knowledge and current happenings like him. Take for instance the new VC of NOUN moving an entire system HQ from Lagos to Abuja cos of his percieved enemies. I keep wondering what this move will do to either contribute to economic growth and also aid the plight of students that can't gain admission into a regular school.

zooster:
Let the show begin. We all know he has no certificate and this is evident in the horrible state of the economy.

Interesting....

Lalasticlala please come and see how news