Senator Ademola Adeleke presented a fake school certificate result to
enable him qualify to contest for the governorship election in Osun
state, Abuja High Court sitting in Bwari ruled on Tuesday.
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| Senator Ademola Adeleke |
The court ruled that Adeleke, who represents Osun West Senatorial
District at the National Assembly, had a certificate that is fraught
with discrepancies and inconsistencies.
The court said that his nomination into governorship election was
invalid and therefore not qualified for the office he vied for.
Wahab Raheem and Adam Habeeb, members of All Progressives Congress
(APC), in 2018 lodged the complaint before the court few days to the
governorship election.
They accused Adeleke of not possessing the requisite educational
qualification (secondary school certificate) to contest for the office
of governor and prayed the court to disqualify Adeleke from
participating in the Sept 22 governorship election.
Justice Musa annulled Adeleke’s nomination on the grounds that
Adeleke breached section 177 of the 1999 constitution as amended which
stipulates that candidates for the position of governor must be educated
up to secondary school level.
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,
Osun State.
While the suite was in court Adeleke went ahead to contest the
election and was defeated by Mr. Gboyega Oyetola in a supplementary
election following a stalemate in the main poll.
He took his case to the Osun state governorship election petition tribunal which overturned the decision of INEC.
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