An Abuja High Court on Tuesday, nullified the nomination of Senator Ademola Adeleke as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the September 22, 2018 governorship election in Osun state. On this heel, Adeleke may have suffered a major setback in his quest to challenge credibility of the election that saw Gboyega Oyetola emerged victorious in the last governorship election in the state.
it will be recall the election tribunal had earlier declared Demola Adeleke of PDP winner of the election that held September 2018. Meanwhile, with the latest ruling on Adeleke’s alleged certificate forgery, the judgement earlier secured in election tribunal might end up amounting to a mere waste of time.
Few weeks to the poll, two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Wahab Raheem and Adam Habeeb, dragged Adeleke to court accusing him of not possessing the requisite educational qualification (secondary school certificate), to contest for the office of Governor.
They prayed the court for an order to disqualify Adeleke from participating in the election.
An Abuja High Court on Tuesday, nullified the nomination of Senator
Ademola Adeleke as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in
the September 22, 2018 governorship election in Osun state.
Few weeks to the poll, two chieftains of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), Wahab Raheem and Adam Habeeb, dragged Adeleke to court
accusing him of not possessing the requisite educational qualification
(secondary school certificate), to contest for the office of Governor.
They prayed the court for an order to disqualify Adeleke from participating in the election
According to Justice Musa, while the court’s findings showed that
Adeleke entered secondary school in 1976, there was no record to show
that he actually graduated, as his name was no longer seen in the
school’s register from 1980.
Justice Musa further stated that the result Adeleke attached to his
form CF001 which he submitted to the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) was fake, as it was found to be different from the one
presented to the court by the principal of Ede Muslim High School, Ede
in Osun State.
Adeleke’s lawyer, Nathaniel Oke SAN, has faulted the judgment of
Justice Musa, on the grounds that the judge erred in law by going out of
his way to source for evidence to arrive at his “unjust conclusion”.
