An Abuja High Court sitting in Bwari Area Council of Abuja has nullified the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State.
Justice Oathman Musa delivered judgement on the matter on Tuesday.
Musa nullified Adeleke’s nomination on the ground that the emergence went against section 177 of the 1999 constitution as amended.
The section stipulates that candidates for the position of governor must be educated up to secondary school level.
According to Musa, while the court’s findings showed that Adeleke gained admission into 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.
He stated that the result Adeleke attached to his form CF001, which he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, 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.
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