APC Says Atiku Is Not A Nigerian By Birth, Faults His Candidature At Election

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the Election Tribunal that the candidate of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar is not a Nigerian by birth.
The ruling party said by virtue of his not being a Nigerian by birth the presidential candidate of the main opposition in the last general election was not qualified to have contested the last presidential election.
According to the APC, by Section 131(a) of the Constitution, a person must be a citizen of Nigeria by birth to be qualified to contest for the office of the President of the country.
The party noted that Abubakar was born on November 25, 1946, in Jada, now Adamawa State, then in Northern Cameroon, “and is, therefore, a citizen of Cameroon.”
In its reply to the petition filed by Abubakar and the PDP before the presidential election petition tribunal. the APC accused the PDP of fielding a non-Nigerian as its candidate in the last election and faulted the party’s claim of presenting a candidate for the election.
The party faulted the competence of the petition and prayed the tribunal to dismiss it for being incompetent.