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Atiku Not Nigerian By Birth, He Can’t Run For President, Says Malami
['African Examiner']
Ignatius Okpara | African Examiner
Atiku Not Nigerian By Birth, He Can’t Run For President, Says Malami(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney-general of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has told a federal high court sitting in Abuja that former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, is not a Nigerian by birth and can’t run for president in Nigeria.
The AGF through his legal team which was led by Oladipo Okpeseyi accepted that Atiku is not a Nigerian citizen by birth.
“The first defendant (Atiku) is not qualified to contest to be president of the federal republic of Nigeria,” Malami stated.
“The first defendant is a Nigerian by virtue of the 1961 plebiscite, but not a Nigerian by birth.
“This qualified all those born before the 1961 plebiscIte as citizens of Nigeria, but not Nigerian citizen by birth.
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