Former Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has filed a suit seeking to disqualify Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), respectively.
Mr Nwajiuba jointly filed the suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja along with a group, Incorporated Trustees of Rights for All International.
He alleged that the primary elections of the APC and PDP that produced the presidential candidates, were marred by vote-buying.
Mr Nwajiuba, who contested for the APC’s presidential ticket in the party’s primary election in June, asked the court to declare him as the candidate of the party by cancelling all the votes garnered by Mr Tinubu.
He subsequently claimed that he stayed away from the convention because the APC did not zone the ticket to the South-east and he did “not want to be part of the dollar and Naira bazaar”.
In his suit, Mr Nwajiuba attached video evidence of former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, claiming that the delegates were bribed to vote.
 of the electoral act by using only elected delegates.</p>
<p>In his suit, Mr Nwajiuba asked the court to determine if the composition of the delegates contravened Article 11(A) 12(1) and 13(1) of the constitution of the APC.<br />
Similarly, the plaintiff asked the court whether the composition of delegates at the PDP primary contravened Section 33(1) and (5) (c) of the constitution of the PDP.</p>
<p>In all, Mr Nwajiuba is seeking 26 reliefs including barring Messrs Tinubu and Atiku from ever contesting offices in the future.<br />
We will meet him in court — Atiku’s spokesperson<br />
Paul Ibe, the spokesperson for Atiku, told PREMIUM TIMES over the phone that the ex-minister must provide evidence to back up his claims when they meet in court.<br />
He stated that election was free and free, with officers of the EFCC at the venue to prevent inducement of voters.<br />
“Was he on ground? Was he at the National Stadium for the PDP primaries? So, if he was not at the primaries, how would he have known for a fact. It is easy to make allegations, we will meet him in court. Was he not the gentleman who chickened out of his own primary.<br />
“We will meet in court. We need to say it outrightly, we did not procure any vote. The process was opened and it was a free and fair contest. Also, Atiku Abubakar won on the superiority of his candidacy. The members of the delegates at the primaries were convinced that he stood the best chance of not only winning the election, but also providing the leadership that will bring turn around for Nigeria.<br />
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