A Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja will on Tuesday ship judgement in a go well with in search of disqualification of a Home of Representatives member for offering alleged false data to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Musa Adamu, who was elected in a by-election on March 14, to symbolize Babura/Garki Federal Constituency of Jigawa State, is accused of forging his secondary faculty certificates and two courtroom affidavits.
He has denied the allegations.
The by-election adopted the demise of the member representing the constituency, who was the daddy of Mr Adamu. Like his late father, Mr Adamu is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The pre-election matter is earlier than Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Abuja division of the Federal Excessive Court docket.
The go well with was instituted by Nasiru Dantiye, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP) through the election.
Mr Dantiye had approached the Federal Excessive Court docket, praying for declaration that the APC candidate was not certified to contest the election as a result of he offered false data and cast doc to INEC in assist of his credentials to contest the election.
Mr Dantiye and PDP alleged that the Senior Secondary Faculty Certificates connected to the nomination type didn’t belong to Mr Adamu because the title written on the assertion of result’s “Mohammed Musa Adam” not Musa Muhammad Adamu.
Mr Dantiye by way of his attorneys claimed that checks performed on the WAEC web site revealed that the actual title of the individual with the examination quantity quoted on the assertion of result’s “Muhd, Musa Adam”.
The attorneys, led by Abdul Mohammed, additionally alleged that an affidavit purportedly sworn to by Mr Adamu claiming his title was wrongly written on his certificates was additionally cast.
This was allegedly confirmed by the Chief Registrar of the FCT Excessive Court docket through a letter date March 12 addressed to Mr Dantiye’s counsel, a duplicate of which was obtained by PREMIUM TIMES.
It’s also alleged that the declaration of age presupposed to have been sworn by the daddy of Mr Adamu earlier than the FCT Excessive Court docket can also be cast.
This was additionally allegedly confirmed by the Chief Registrar of the FCT Excessive Court docket in his letter to the attorneys.
One other difficulty earlier than the courtroom is the allegation that Mr Adamu offered a false
data to INEC in his type when he acknowledged that he resigned from his work on December 31, 2019, whereas the resignation letter he connected indicated that his resignation took impact from January 31, 2020.
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The go well with is filed pursuant to the availability of the of Part 31 (5) of the Electoral Act, 2010 which mandates one that suspects false data to file a go well with to problem the candidacy of any individual.
The authorized group relied on the current case of the deputy governor-elect of Bayelsa state wherein the Supreme Court docket invalidated the APC victory.
The PDP candidate needs Mr Adamu disqualified and that he needs to be declared the winner.
However Mr Adamu’s attorneys led by Yakubu Maikyau, a senior advocate of Nigeria, are difficult the premise of Mr Dantiye’s go well with.
Mr Maikyau didn’t nonetheless reply telephone requires feedback on the go well with.
Mr Dantiye’s lead counsel, Abdul Mohammed, declined remark saying that may very well be preemptive of the courtroom.
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