In SUIT NO: FJC/ABJ/CS/1301/2022 between Peoples Democratic Party & 2 Ors v. INEC & 3 Ors filed on the 2nd August, 2022, PDP prayed the Court to disqualify the Inuwa and his deputy from contesting the election having submitting forged documents and certificates to INEC which were published on 22nd July, 2022.
In an Originating Summons filed on their behalf by two Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Chief Arthur Obi Okafor, SAN and J.J. Usman, SAN, the Plaintiffs submitted relying on series of Supreme Court decisions that Inuwa and his Deputy having deposed to FORMS EC-9, the said Forms constitute Certificates and making false statement in them amount to submitting forged certificates which is a disqualifying ground under Sections 177 and 182 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 .
In a Court processes obtained by our Reporter, the Plaintiffs alleged that Jatau bears multiple names in his certificates to wit:University of Maiduguri Certificate without a deed poll and any valid change of name attached to his Form EC-9 submitted to INEC.