What happened in court during hearing on suit to disqualify Buhari, Atiku - Daily Post Nigeria

NAN reports that the suit was filed by the presidential candidate of the National Rescue Movement , Usman Alhaji, asking the court to nullify the participation of Buhari and Atiku in Feb. 23 Presidential poll.

Specifically, the plaintiff is praying the court to set aside the participation of Buhari and Atiku on the grounds that they spent more than N1 billion each, as campaign expenses. The suit was filed by Mr Ezekiel Ofou, who urged the court to invoke Section 91 of the Electoral Act, 2010 to nullify the participation of Buhari and Atiku in the poll for allegedly violating the electoral laws.However, there was no legal representation for Atiku, the PDP and INEC.

He urged the court to deem the matter as mentioned and fix a date for hearing since there had been several adjournments for mentioning.

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