Alleged certificate forgery: Appeal court dismisses suit against Adeleke

The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the judgement by Justice Othman of the FCT high court in Bwari which voided Ademola Adeleke’s candidacy for Osun election.

Justice Othman voided Adeleke’s candidacy on the grounds that he was not qualified, having not possessed a valid secondary school certificate.

In a unanimous judgement, a three-man panel of the court said the FCT high court was wrong to have concluded that Adeleke made false representation as regards his educational qualification.

Justice Emmanuel Agim of the appeal court faulted the trial for assuming jurisdiction over the case filed by Wahab Raheem and Adam Habeeb outside the 14 days prescribed for pre-election cases.

Agim, therefore awarded 3 million naira in favour of Adeleke, to be paid by the plaintiffs Raheem and Habeeb.