Certificate saga: Buhari knows fate Dec. 17

Justice Maurine Onyetenu of the Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, has fixed December 17 for a judgement on a suit seeking impeachment of President Muhamadu Buhari by the National Assembly.

In a suit, a lawyer, Kanmi Ajibola, had urged the court to compel the National Assembly to impeach Buhari, alleging that the president did not possess a secondary school certificate.

Ajibola told the court that the president violated the provision of Section 137(1)(i) of the 1999 Constitution by presenting a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission to win the 2015 election.

At the court yesterday, counsel to Senate President Bukola Saraki, Oba ihagbon, said he had just got the originating process and sought the permission of the court to allow him respond to the processes served on his client. He urged the court to give him a week to file the process and serve the parties involved.

Counsel to the applicants, Samuel Echeonwu, said he had served all the respondents and ready for the hearing of the substantive suit.

President Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami were represented at the court by Mr Solomon Ogunlowo; while the Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, was represented by Felix Ukaegbu.

Justice Maurine Onyetenu adjourned the case to December 17 for hearing and mandated the parties to ensure service of their processes without further delay.