A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday said that the
former Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun did not need the National Youth
Service Scheme (NYSC) discharge certificate to take up any ministerial
appointment or before standing for any elective office in the country.
The court held that Adeosun who graduated in a London
University in 1989 was already 36 years of age, therefore, exempted from
participating in the NYSC scheme.
Delivering judgment in a suit, Justice Taiwo Oladipupo
Taiwo, held that Adeosun from available facts was a United Kingdom citizen
having been born in the UK in 1967 and remained there till 2003 when she came
back to Nigeria.
Justice Taiwo held that Adeosun became a Nigerian citizen by virtue of the 1999 Constitution which came into force on May 29 of the year, therefore, the NYSC Act will have no effect on her.
The judge said that Adeosun would have committed a grave
crime against Nigeria if she had participated in the NYSC having attained the
exemption age of 36 years.
Details later…
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