"Court orders service on Buhari in fresh disqualification suit...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the service of court papers on the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, a fresh suit seeking an order disqualifying him from participating in the February 14 poll.Already, there is a pending direct criminal complaint against Buhari before a Federal Capital Territory Magistrate’s Court in Abuja asking the court to direct that the former Head of State “be brought to book” for allegedly claiming on an oath that he had a certificate he did not obtain.The court fixed February 9 for the hearing of the suit. The plaintiff, Max Ozoaka, wants the court to disqualify Buhari from participating in the election for failing to accompany his form submitted to Independent National Electoral Commission with all relevant academic credentials.
