Hon Justice Kazeem Alogba of the High Court of Lagos State has dismissed the suit seeking to disqualify Senator Musiliu Obanikoro from being elected into public office on account of dual citizenship.
The court, while upholding the arguments of counsel to Obanikoro and PDP, Dr. Yemi Oke and Mr. Gbenga Ojo, ruled that the suit was incompetent on the grounds that the documents relied upon were uncertified public documents, which are, by law, inadmissible.
Counsel had also opposed the suit on the grounds that, by virtue of Section 28 of the Constitution, Nigerian citizens by birth cannot be disqualified from being elected into public office on account if dual citizenship. No order was made as to cost.
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