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Ex-Speaker Convicted

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    A court in Abuja has convicted the former speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, Ibrahim Salisu Buhari, of perjury and forgery and is to pronounce sentence on 3 August, PANA reported on Thursday. PANA quotes legal experts as saying that Buhari, who pleaded guilty to the charges on Wednesday, risked up to 14 years in jail for furnishing the Independent Electoral Commission with false information on his age and educational qualifications in his bid to be elected to the House of Representatives. PANA said a major backlash of Buhari's case was a decision by the electoral commission to re-screen all assembly members to ascertain their correct ages and educational qualifications. By law, candidates for election to the federal parliament must be no younger than 30 years old and have at least a secondary school certificate.

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