Lawyer 'secretly' withdraws suit against President Buhari

The lawyer had alleged that President Buhari was not qualified to contest the 2015 presidential election as he did not sit for the Cambridge West African School Certificate Examination in 1961 as claimed.

Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaiwe, an Abuja-based Lawyer 'secretly' withdrew the suit seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari from the 2015 Presidential Poll not possessing requisite education qualification.

The lawyer had alleged that President Buhari was not qualified to contest the 2015 presidential election as he did not sit for the Cambridge West African School Certificate Examination in 1961 as claimed.

winnieblog gathered that Nwokocha-Ahaiwe had filed the notice of discontinuance dated June 27, but however did not give any reason for withdrawing the case.

A source at the Federal High Court however attributed the action to recent "subtle threat" on him to withdraw the case from court.

President Buhari had lined up some Senior Advocates to defend him in the matter. They include; Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Akin Olujinmi (SAN), Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), Kola Awodein (SAN).

The team also had Femi Falana, Lateef Fagbemi, Akin Olujinmi, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Kola Awodein, Taiwo Osipitan, Charles Edosomwan, Emeka Ngige, Femi Atoyebi,Funke Aboyade, H.O Afolabi, and Muiz Banire.

The controversy surrounding the President's certificate was sequel to claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging Buhai's eligibility to contest the 2015 presidential elections. The army also denied being in possession of Buhari’s credentials at the said time.

The case was dismissed by presiding judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola on Thursday, June 30, 2016  based on Section 50(2) of the Federal High Court civil procedure rules.