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Presidential Primary: APC group prays court to disqualify Tinubu

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Presidential Primary: APC group prays court to disqualify Tinubu

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Ahead of the June 6-8 presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress, some its members want the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, disqualified from the exercise.

The members under the auspices of Gaskiya Youth Movement, is praying a Federal High Court in Abuja to disqualify Tinubu from the party’s presidential primary.

In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/774/2022, the group asked the court to determine whether Tinubu can participate in the APC primaries or that of any other political party, given his “questionable educational background and date of birth”.

The plaintiffs are equally asking the court to declare that “upon consideration of the relevant laws, Tinubu cannot participate or contest in the primary election on the platform of the first defendant (APC)”.

They are also seeking a “declaration that given the questionable educational background and date of birth, (Tinubu) among other questionable issues, the first defendant (APC) cannot allow and/or permit his participation in the primary election for the office of the president”.

The group also wants the court to declare that Tinubu “cannot participate by presenting himself in any primary elections with any political party in Nigeria to be nominated as a presidential aspirant for the 2023 general election.”

The APC and Tinubu are listed as first and second defendants, while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is listed as the third defendant.