All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Festus Keyamo, have disagreed on the citizenship of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
The
APC member disclosed that the decision to test the matter in court was a
collective decision reach by more than 18 senior advocates representing
the President and the APC at the Election Petition Tribunal.
He
stressed that the fact that Atiku served as a vice president for eight
years does not make him a Nigerian, saying, “That is irrelevant.”
“Did
you have access to security reports then; did the court look at that
issue at that time? We are talking of qualifications to be President of
Nigeria, not qualifications to be a Customs officer,” Keyamo stated.
He
said that the matter has never been tested in court before does not
provide a platform for someone to keep doing “something that is wrong”.
The
senior advocate noted that the issue of citizenship was just one of the
six grounds raised to challenge the petition filed by the PDP at the
Tribunal.
He said, “I can tell you for free
that since 1960, this is the most useless petition that has been
presented before any court of law, or any Tribunal to adjudicate.”
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