Tinubu did not qualify to contest 2023 election? - Supreme Court gives verdict

The supreme court has dismissed a suit filed by 3 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to disqualify president-elect Bola Tinubu, from contesting the February 25 presidential election.

Reports indicate that the court held that the appellants, led by one Memuna Suleiman, did not have the locus standi, to have filed the suit before the federal high court.

A 5-member panel of the Supreme Court declared that the appellants were not aspirants during the APC presidential primary and did not have the legal right to challenge the nomination of Tinubu.

The court went on to dismiss the application of the counsel to the appellants who applied to withdraw the appeal.

The apex court reiterated the decision declared by the Court of Appeal on February 17.

The following are the defendants with suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1094/2022; the APC, Tinubu, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The suit Suleiman filed to the Supreme Court was to declare Tinubu as not having the minimum education requirement to contest the February 25 presidential election.

They asked the court to issue an order to disqualify Tinubu as the APC candidate in the 2023 presidential election, which he was declared as the winner.