Senator Ademola Adeleke has
lashed out at the spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign
Organisation, Festus Keyamo (SAN) for saying that he presented forged school
results to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the last
governorship election in Osun State, saying the lawyer acted out of ignorance.
Adeleke, in a statement issued by
Niyi Owolade for the Ademola Adeleke Campaign Organisation, said he did not, at
any time forge any certificate for election or any other purpose.
According to the statement,
Adeleke’s attention had been drawn to a tweet credited to Keyamo that he 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 correctly.
“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,”
the statement said.
The statement added that being a
Senior Advocate of Nigeria demanded that level of responsibility and that
Adeleke did not at any time forge any certificate for this election or for any
other purpose.
It said the principal of Ede
Muslim High School, Ede and WAEC were summoned by the court in a case filed by
the APC against Adeleke, and that the principal, through a sworn affidavit
attested the statement of results presented by the PDP candidate for his election
and that a Deputy Registrar of WAEC did the same through an affidavit of
evidence.
The statement said the two
affidavits were widely published in the newspapers and were available in court
papers and that WAEC not only attested to Adeleke’s result, but that 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,” the
statement said.
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