The All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State, has dragged the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the December 5 senatorial bye-election in Lagos East, Mr Babatunde Gbadamosi, before a Federal High Court, Ikoyi for alleged perjury and falsification of certificates.
In the Suit NO: FHC/L/CS/1659/2020, the APC averred that it
studied the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) certificate, which
Gbadamosi submitted to the INEC in comparison with his certificate obtained
from the official website of WAEC.
APC in its writs of summons, claimed that some of the
discrepancies observed in Gbadamosi’s WAEC certificate include the number of
subjects the PDP candidate allegedly sat for “is different from the number of
subjects he sat for as contained on the website of WAEC.
“Also, the grades he claims to have received via the
certificate is different from that contained on the official website of WAEC,”
the APC declared in its writs of summon.
The WAEC certificate, which Gbadamosi submitted to the INEC,
revealed that the PDP candidate only sat for five subjects: English Language
with A3 grade, Literature in English C5; History C5; Commerce C4 and Biology
P7.
However, details of Gbadamosi’s result obtained from WAEC’s
official website revealed that the PDP candidate for eight subjects in which he
had F-9 in Bible Knowledge; F-9 in Economics; F-9 in Mathematics; A-3 English
Language; C-5 in Literature in English; C-5 in History; C-4 in Commerce and P-7
Biology.
The APC, also, alleged that the PDP candidate filled Form
EC9 that he attended the Lagos State University after obtaining his WAEC
certificate in 1985, which it argued, was suspicious because he did not meet
requirements for admission in the university.
On these grounds, the APC asked the court to disqualify the
PDP and Gbadamosi from contesting the forthcoming senatorial bye-election in
Lagos East, which the INEC had rescheduled to hold on December 5
Apart from asking the court to disqualify the PDP candidate
from contesting the December 5 senatorial bye-election in Lagos East, the APC
prayed that the court, also, “disqualifies him from contesting future elections
in view of the falsified certificate he presented to the INEC.”
Counsel to Lagos APC, Mr Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) of Pinheiro LP
and Mr Kemi Balogun (SAN) of Oluwakemi Balogun LP filed the suit at the court
on Monday.
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