His effort to use corruption charges to exclude from the election his vice president, Atiku Abububar, with whom he had been feuding since 2004, also failed when the Supreme Court ruled that Abububar’s name had to be restored to the ballot.
Il a aussi essayé de faire rayer des listes électorales son vice-président, Atiku Abubakar, sous prétexte de corruption, mais la Cour suprême a estimé qu’il était un candidat légitime.