Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has dragged President Bola Tinubu before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking his disqualification from the 2027 presidential election over an alleged forged National Youth Service Corps certificate.
This is as a legal counsel and chieftain of the ADC, Kalu Agu, submitted a petition against Tinubu to the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, for allegedly submitting a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The two actions came on Friday, with Atiku personally appearing at the Federal High Court registry in Abuja to depose to an affidavit supporting the suit filed against Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress and INEC.
The suit invokes sections 137(1)(j), 139(1)(a)(i) and 285(14)(c) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, as well as relevant provisions of the Electoral Act 2026.
At the centre of the case is Section 137(1)(j), which provides that a person shall not be qualified for election as President if he has presented a forged certificate to INEC.
