Osun election: What court did on certificate forgery suit against Adeleke
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Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja has
adjourned the certificate forgery suit against the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the ongoing Osun election, Ademola
Adeleke “indefinitely.”
The certificate forgery suit was instituted against Adeleke by two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
In the suit, the complainant, Wahab Raheem and Adam Omosalewa,
sought
the disqualification of Adeleke from participating in the ongoing
governorship election on the ground of not possessing the requisite
educational qualification.
The APC chieftains had through their counsel, Akomolafe prayed the
Justice Musa-led court to disqualify Adeleke from contesting the Osun
State governorship election on the ground that he was not educated up to
secondary school as he claimed in his nomination form, CF001.
Joined in the suit are the People’s Democratic Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
They also urged the court to stop PDP from nominating Adeleke as its
candidate and INEC from recognizing Adeleke as a contestant in the
election.
Although Justice Othman Musa in a ruling in an ex-parte motion on
September 11, refused to stop Adeleke from parading himself as PDP
candidate, he, however, ordered the West African Examination Council
(WAEC) to produce in court on September 19, its ledger for the 1981
examination which Adeleke had claimed he participated.
In compliance with the court order, WAEC had on September 19, served
the court and other parties in the suit with its 1981 exams ledger which
confirmed Adeleke as one of its candidates in the exams with centre
number: 19645 and candidate number 149 at Ede Muslim High School,
prompting further hearing in the suit to be fixed for yesterday.
However, when the matter came up yesterday, Chief Nathaniel Oke SAN,
announced his appearance for Adeleke and Emmanuel Enoidem for PDP, while
the APC chieftains and their counsel who jointly fixed the hearing date
for yesterday did not appear in court without any explanation.
Although counsel to Adeleke and PDP urged the court to dismiss the
suit in its entirety due to the non-appearance of the plaintiffs and
their counsel without any notification, Justice Musa, however, ruled
that the matter be adjourned indefinitely and that parties would be
contacted when a new date is fixed.
The judge adjourned the matter “sine die”.
The Council in an affidavit deposed to by one Osindeinde Henry Sunday
Adewunmi and filed at the registry of the Federal Capital Territory
High Court, confirmed that the PDP gubernatorial candidate sat for the
Senior Secondary Certificate Examination in May/June 1981.
In the four-paragraph affidavit filed in compliance with the order of
Justice Othman Musa directing the examination body to supply the court
with particulars of the said Adeleke in the 1981 examinations, WAEC
confirmed that Adeleke sat for the examination at Ede Muslim High School
situate at Yidi Road, Ede, Osun State with center number 19645.
The affidavit deposed to by Osindeinde, Deputy Registrar/Head of
School Examination Department accompanied with the ledger containing the
names and results of all the candidates from number 001 to 221 who sat
for the secondary school certificate examination in the said school.
The certified true copy of the ledger, however, indicated that
Senator Adeleke, who is currently representing Osun West senatorial
district in the Senate, sat for only English Language in the
examination.
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