Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe's lawsuit challenging the academic credentials of President Muhammadu Buhari has been adjourned indefinitely.
According to a report by Vanguard Newspaper, the suit was heard by Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, June 16, 2016 with the President's 13 Senior Advocate of Nigeria in attendance.
Justice
Ademola in his ruling, adjourned the case indefinitely following a
notice of appeal filed by the representatives of President Buhari.
On
Wednesday, June 15, 2016, the 'league of SANs' led by Wole Olanipekun
had appealed against a previous ruling of the court dismissing his
preliminary objection to the suit filed by Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe.
Others SANs defending the President include Lateef O. Fagbemi (SAN), Akin Olujinmi (SAN), Oluwarotimi O. Akeredolu (SAN), Kola Awodein (SAN), Taiwo Osipitan (SAN), Charles Edosomwan (SAN), Emeka Ngige (SAN), Femi Atoyebi (SAN), Femi Falana (SAN), Funke Aboyade (SAN), H.O. Afolabi and 10 other counsels.
Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe,
an Abuja based lawyer, had argued in his suit that the President was
not qualified to run for president because he did not possess the
minimum qualification to run for the office.
The
lawyer also alleged that Buhari did not sit for the Cambridge West
African School Certificate (WASC) in 1961 as he claimed when he
presented his credentials to contest for the seat of the Nigerian
President in 2015.
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