The All Progressive Congress (APC) and the winner of the February 23, 2019 Presidential Election, has filed a motion at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja that the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the poll, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is not a Nigerian and therefore not qualified to have stood for the election.

The Party claimed that the former Vice President is a Cameroonian and not a Nigerian citizen and his petition against President Muhammadu Buhari, its own candidate, should be dismissed for lacking in merit.

In a reply to the petition of Atiku and the PDP praying for their declaration as the lawful winner of the presidential poll, the APC said that the 11.1 million votes recorded in favor of the two petitioners should be voided and considered a waste by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

The APC’s reply to the petition, filed by its lead counsel, Lateef Fagbemi faulted the candidacy of Atiku in the election insisting that as a Cameroonian, he ought not to have taken part in the presidential poll of Nigeria in the first instance.

The Party averred that Atiku was born on November 25, 1946, in Jada, Adamawa, in Northern Cameroon and is, therefore, a citizen of Cameroon and not a Nigerian by birth.

Read more details at http://areanews.ng/atiku-abubakar-is-not-a-nigerian-apc-tells-tribunal/

Apc it’s dumb on this

A former democratically elected vice president? These ones don craze!

Lolz

APC is supremely dumb.

This is absurd. Totally

If this story is true then three words best describes APC

1)Failures

2)Dumb

3)Thieves of unimaginable proportions.

out of ideas already

Atiku started it by turning his petition into a comedy circus by asking the tribunal to cancel the whole election because Buhari does not have a certificate because his school wasn't existing in 1949, so the APC are playing along. When atiku gets serious with his petition, I am sure APC will also get serious with its defence.

The APC lawyer that came up with this line of defense must have dropped out of university in first year. This is totally senseless. The lawyer deserves this beating...

Of course, they don't have response to Atiku's petition, so they filed counter-claims.

These guys are fools. Their counter-claim should be on the process that brought out Atiku not the product of that process. If Tribunal disqualifies Atiku, Tambuwal will be sworn-in.

Maybe they forgot that Atiku is not the only Petitioner, but PDP also.

If APC's defence is based hugely on this counter-claim, then we should congrat Atiku as our incoming president.

Lol. It is clear now that APC have no defence over the massive rigging at the presidential poll.

Just give Atiku his mandate already

nonsobaba:
Atiku started it by turning his petition into a comedy circus by asking the tribunal to cancel the whole election because Buhari does not have a certificate because his school wasn't existing in 1949, so the APC are playing along. When atiku gets serious with his petition, I am sure APC will also get serious with its defence.

I am sure you are not a lawyer because if you are and have access to Atiku's petition in that respect, then 14 years is hanging on Buhari's neck for perjury.

You guys don't have response no wonder APC filed their responses late on Thursday.

Daviddson:
The APC lawyer that came up with this line of defense must have dropped out of university in first year. This is totally senseless.

APC don't have response

This is rubbish! Is that all they have? Anyway, i feel they are saving their best card till shiiiiiittttt gets serious.

sarrki:
Apc it’s dumb on this

Have you seen Atiku's petitions? Nobody can respond to that without agreeing to rigging. So the best thing do right now is to file a counter-claim like APC did.

The only mistake is challenging the legality of Atiku to stand for election instead of the process that brought out Atiku.

Of course they have nothing on that, so they filed that counter-claim to beat the deadline, if not the Tribunal would have entered a default judgment in favour of PDP and Appeals would have been mere academic exercise.

I sincerely believe that this is not true.

This couldn't have been the defense of the APC

it is a clear case and it is enough to disqualify thief atiku.

Perhaps APC is seeing the hand-writting on the wall..If by par-adventure ATIKU wins in tribunal(unlikely though),

There would be no mass protest on behalf of Buhari like many in the West of Nigeria hope for because countless Northerners are not pleased with the human tragedy and carnage which has befallen the better part of the Northern region with buhari doing nothing to stop it..

"Kardasian" states will not come to the rescue this time around cos Kano,Katsina,Kaduna are all swallowing the bitter pill of buhari's incompetence and callousness...

Many will certainly not mind seeing the back of buhari now..oops!!!

This can only be one out of the thousands of responses the APC will use to re - destroy Atiku and his miserable Poverty Development Party

NobleAngell:
This is rubbish! Is that all they have? Anyway, i feel they are saving their best card till shit gets serious.

This is a petition, there is no best card to save. Judgment will be made based on the petitioner's prayer and respondents' prayer.

In the case of APC, they want Atiku's petitions to be struck out on the ground that he is not a Nigerian.

We over-estimated Wole.

ChristianNorth:

Have you seen Atiku's petitions? Nobody can respond to that without agreeing to rigging. So the best thing do right now is to file a counter-claim like APC did.

The only mistake is challenging the legality of Atiku to stand for election instead of the process that brought out Atiku.

Of course they have nothing on that, so they filed that counter-claim to beat the deadline, if not the Tribunal would have entered a default judgment in favour of PDP and Appeals would have been mere academic exercise.

I think I agree with u. They're are still preparing for very strong defense n dia4 used that 2 beat d deadline.

DivideUs:
A former democratically elected vice president? These ones don craze!

That does not impeach their claim on his foreing birth and citizenship. He could have been a past president if judgement is given against his qualification then he can no longer stand for any future elective office.

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nonsobaba:
Atiku started it by turning his petition into a comedy circus by asking the tribunal to cancel the whole election because Buhari does not have a certificate because his school wasn't existing in 1949, so the APC are playing along. When atiku gets serious with his petition, I am sure APC will also get serious with its defence.

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this fake Anambra man
no one takes you serious
stop talking Nonsense

Sirjamo:
This can only be one out of the thousands of responses the APC will use to re - destroy Atiku and his miserable Poverty Development Party

The Tribunal is a court of superior records. So proceedings are preserved for future references.

Again, PDP would be served copies of APC's responses. I am sorry, there are no thousands of responses.

buhariguy:
it is a clear case and it is enough to disqualify thief atiku.

He was a VP for 8 years. Dead ground

Atiku, do this for nigerians.

MetaPhysical:


That does not impeach their claim on his foreing birth and citizenship. He could have been a past president if judgement is given against his qualification then he can no longer stand for any future elective office.

Lol.

Only stupid lawyer will lose that case for Atiku, fortunately, he has a strong legal team.

APC's counter-claim is not sufficient enough to strike out PDP's petitions, so even if Atiku is disqualified, Tambuwal/Obi will be sworn-in

I want believe this is fake news cause if this is true, we are running backwards with these folks at the helm

highcollide:
Atiku, do this for nigerians.

He would. We trust the strength of the petitions, we strong on the ability of the legal team to argue it to a logical end.

Importantly, God and the Nigerian people (excluding enemies of state and their zombies) are on our side.

nonsobaba:
Atiku started it by turning his petition into a comedy circus by asking the tribunal to cancel the whole election because Buhari does not have a certificate because his school wasn't existing in 1949, so the APC are playing along. When atiku gets serious with his petition, I am sure APC will also get serious with its defence.

But what Atiku said is a fact now

sarrki:
Apc it’s dumb on this

hahahahaha,so a Cameroonian was once a Nigerian custom officer and former vp, I said it that a lot of northerners have questionable identities, even pmb is not a Nigerian ,most are biafrans, who then is a Nigerian

This seems to be the beginning of the end of Apc