Adeleke: Nullification Judgment Can’t Stand Test Of Time – SANs

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Two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) have said that the FCT High Court judgment, which nullified the nomination of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State cannot stand the test of time.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, Isreal Olondare (SAN) said that the judgment was not a sound one because the law stipulated that a person aspiring to any political office must be educated up to school certificate level.
“The ruling cannot stand the test of time because during the trial, it was the prosecution that subpoenaed the West African Examination Council (WAEC) tocome and tender the result of Adeleke in court.
“They tendered the result and it was confirmed that he wrote the exams notwithstanding that maybe he failed the papers.

“The constitution of Nigeria says that any person aspiring to office must be educated up to school certificate level; it didn’t say that the person should have grade one or so on.
“Since there is evidence that he was educated up to school certificate level, he is qualified to contest,” the senior lawyer contended.
Moreover, he questioned the legality of the FCT High Court having jurisdiction to try a matter that arose from Osun state.
On his part, Nathaniel Oke (SAN), a counsel to Adeleke, said they were grossly dissatisfied with that judgment and would appeal it before the close of business on Wednesday.
“We are appealing against it and before today expires, we will file our notice of appeal against that judgement because we do not agree with any of the reasons given.”
“We contended that our candidate having brought a certified true copy of the result of the examination he took in 1981 as ordered by the court with supportive affidavit, that in itself is sufficient to say that he is qualified.”
According to Oke, you don’t have to pass the exam of WAEC before you can be qualified, the moment you make an attempt, is suffices, which is the requirement of the law.


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