Dancing Senator, Ademola Adeleke, Reacts To Court Judgment Nullifying His Nomination For Osun State Governorship Election

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Dancing Senator, Ademola Adeleke, Reacts To Court Judgment Nullifying His Nomination For Osun State Governorship Election

Senator Ademola Adeleke has reacted to Tuesday April 2nd judgment of
the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, nullifying his
candidacy as the PDP governorship candidate in the September 2018
governorship election in Osun State.

The court which was presided over by Justice Othman Musa of the FCT High Court in Bwari, Abuja,  nullified Ademola’s candidacy over allegations of certificate forgery.

Reacting to the judgement, Adeleke in a statement released today,
described the judgement as “flawed and a travesty of justice.” He
indicated that his lawyers are at the moment working to appeal the
judgment.

Faulting the judgment, Adeleke said, firstly, there has been two
different court judgements delivered in September 2018 which held that
he Adeleke satisfied all requirements of the law to contest for the
office of the governor. He stated that the Tuesday judgment breached the
“precept” that “once a court of coordinate jurisdiction has ruled on a
matter, court of similar jurisdiction cannot entertain it.”

The statement added that the judge “erred in law by failing to take
note of the expiration of 180 days for ruling on pre-election matters.”

I“Even when a December 2018 judgment with respect to the issue was
presented, the judge chose to ignore it. We note that the judge violated
the law by adjudicating over a matter whose filing and hearing period
had expired.”

The statement went on to add that the judgment ignored the evidence
produced by the West Africa Examination Council which listed “all
students who sat for the May/June examination in 1981 alongside the
senator, in addition to the certified true copies of his school
certificate result.

“From the evidence produced by the Council, it is crystal clear that
Senator Ademola Adeleke was, indeed, educated beyond the minimum
requirement of ‘up to secondary school level’ as stipulated by law and
therefore qualified to run for the office of governor in accordance with
Section 177 (D) of 1999 CFRN (as amended). Not withstanding, the judge
still went ahead to rule otherwise.

“The only statutory body empowered by law to determine authenticity
of a secondary school results is the West African Examination Council
and they confirmed the authenticity of Senator Adeleke’s result by
producing a CTC of the same result. What evidence did the judge
therefore base his ruling on?” the statement read

He added that it as wrong for the judge to conclude that he forged
the senior secondary school statement of result which he submitted to
the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Adeleke explained that having been shocked by the evidence produced
by WAEC showing that he sat for the May/June 1981 examinations, the
plaintiffs, again, went on to have the principal of the school to appear
in court to confirm the authenticity of the statement of results.

“The principal appeared and confirmed that the statement was
genuinely issued by the school and that any error noticed on the
statement was that of the school, not that of Senator Adeleke. The
school did not, at any point, disown the statement of results.  From the
foregoing, we affirm that the judgment of the Bwari court is a travesty
of justice, a purchased ruling designed to negatively affect the
outcome of Osun governorship judicial process. We declare unequivocally
that the ruling, being so glaringly against tested facts and the law,
cannot stand. It is also clear that the ruling cannot, in any way, stop
the reality that Senator Ademola Adeleke fulfilled constitutional
requirements to be Governor of Osun State. 

We appeal to our numerous supporters and good people of Osun State to
remain calm. This is another failed bid in the efforts of detractors
and enemies of democracy. Senator Ademola Adeleke is not only qualified
but by the grace of God will soon be sworn in as the legitimate Governor
of Osun State.” the statement read

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