WAEC SCANDAL: Senator Adeleke Responds To Keyamo’s Claim That He Forged Certificate
Posted by Oyefeso Anifowoshe.
on 16 April, 2019 under Naija News
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The lawmaker representing Osun West senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has faulted allegation that he presented forged school results to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, during the last governorship election in Osun State.
While making a juxtaposition between the WAEC certificate issues of President Muhammadu Buhari and Adeleke yesterday, the spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has claimed that the lawmaker forged his own certificate.
Adeleke said that Keyamo, a senior lawyer, acted out of ignorance.
The Senator stated this in a statement signed by Niyi Owolade for the Ademola Adeleke campaign Organisation.
He said he did not, at any time forge any certificate for election or any other purpose.
“Our attention has been drawn to a tweet credited to Mr. Festus Keyamo that Senator Ademola Adeleke forged a statement of result he presented for election and that WAEC did not attest his certificate.
“We suspect that Mr. Keyamo must have been misinformed or failed to get his facts correct.
“For his information and that of the general public, both WAEC and the school principal of Ede Muslim High school, Ede attested Senator Adeleke’s result through sworn affidavits before FCT High Court, Bwari.
“We advise the President’s campaign spokesman to get his facts straight before making public statements.
“Being a Senior Advocate of Nigeria demands that level of responsibility. Senator Ademola Adeleke did not at any time forge any certificate for this election or for any other purpose.
“Let us repeat for the umpteenth time that the principal of Ede Muslim High School, Ede and WAEC were summoned by the court in a case filed by the APC against Senator Adeleke.
“The principal through a sworn affidavit attested the statement of results presented by the PDP candidate for his election and a Deputy Registrar of WAEC did the same through an affidavit of evidence.
“The two affidavits were widely published in the newspapers and are available in court papers. WAEC not only attested Adeleke’s result, the school authority, through the principal also did.
“At this stage in Osun election cases, all the facts are in public domain and nothing can be spinned again.
“First, the public is fully aware that both WAEC and the Principal attested to Adeleke’s qualification.
“Secondly, by the combined effect of Sections 177 and 318 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, Senator Ademola Adeleke is qualified to contest for the office of a State Governor.
“Thirdly and much more critical, WAEC and the principal affirmed in their respective affidavits that there was no forgery as results submitted by Adeleke tallied with their records.
“We wish to conclude by informing the public once again that apart from the above attestation of Adeleke’s qualification, there are two subsisting high court judgments, affirming Senator Adeleke’s eligibility to contest for office if Governor.”
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Barrister sense - 5 years ago
This useless old fool that looks like pig won’t hide his ugly face now o
Anonymous - 5 years ago
So this is what Nigeria has turn into ATTESTATION of waec results for publics servant officials and just when one will hope it couldnt get any lower then that , a senior advocate came out boldly to display and take scandalous and crime against numerous honest individuals with good academic qualifications out on the street which unfortunately he was once part of to the hight of insults and worthlessness of effort going to university. If the military can rank officers according to your requirements and qualifications it should only make common sense that any body that must occupy the best position politically must and should have Bsc or even HND not waec holder that our oil companies employ as cleaners . Asked kayamo what certificate his cleaner at his office has u might be shocked to know the person might be an HND holder? I’m also a school cert holder and I know where I stand where I work for now,it will either take a miracle or some thing very abnormal like what kayemo is putting out to the public for me to head the company . A country where PHD holder is either not paid enough or driving okada . If na just waec then wat is the point when after 7-8years depending on one field na school cert holder go determined if persin go gain employment and get paid their worth and efforts. Oga d law u surprised me .