Legal Battle Intensifies: ABU, NECO Present Evidence Of Certificate Forgery Against Kaduna Central Senator

Cursory: Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, the APC candidate in Kaduna central, is challenging the victory of Adamu from the PDP in the national assembly election. During the hearing, witnesses testified, including representatives from ABU, NECO, and the primary and secondary schools, Adamu claimed to have attended. The school records presented showed no evidence of Adamu being a student at the claimed institutions.

Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna central, is challenging the victory of Adamu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 national assembly election.

At the hearing of the petition filed by Abdullahi, six witnesses, including ABU, NECO and primary and secondary schools that the senator claimed to have attended were called to testify.

Abubakar Is’haq, an associate professor of law, represented ABU Zaria, before the three-man panel chaired by H.H Kereng.

The university was subpoenaed to provide academic records of Adamu while he was a student at the institution.Esther Wuyaa, represented the National Examination Council (NECO), which is the second respondent and presented certified result confirmation to the court.

Also, Ibrahim Yusuf, the head teacher of Demonstration Primary School also testified against the senator.Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna central, is questioning the victory of Adamu from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the national assembly election that took place on February 25.

During the hearing of Abdullahi’s petition, six witnesses were called to testify, including representatives from ABU, NECO, and the primary and secondary schools that the senator claimed to have attended. Abubakar Is’haq, an associate professor of law, represented ABU Zaria in front of the three-member panel chaired by H.H Kereng.

The university was summoned to provide academic records of Adamu during his time as a student there. Esther Wuyaa, representing the National Examination Council (NECO), presented certified result confirmation to the court as the second respondent.

Additionally, Ibrahim Yusuf, the head teacher of Demonstration Primary School, testified against the senator.The school registration records from 1982 to 1986, which were presented to the panel, revealed no evidence of Lawal Adamu Usman being a student at the school, as claimed in the documents he submitted to INEC prior to the 2023 general elections.

Bello Suleiman, the principal of Government Day Secondary School (GDSS) in Gwagwalada, informed the tribunal that there were no records of a candidate named Lawal Adamu Usman from 1986 to 1994.

During the tribunal proceedings, M.A Magaji, the counsel for the first respondent, cross-examined all the witnesses without objections.

After the session, Johnson Usman, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and counsel for the APC candidate, stated to journalists that they were contesting Adamu’s victory based on the grounds of presenting forged certificates and non-compliance with the electoral act.

All the schools that testified submitted their school registers as evidence to the court. The tribunal adjourned the session until July 11.The school registration records from 1982 to 1986 which were tendered to the panel showed no record of Lawal Adamu Usman as a student of the school, as he claimed in the documents he submitted to INEC prior to the 2023 general elections.

Bello Suleiman, the principal of Government Day Secondary School (GDSS), Gwagwalada, told the tribunal there was no candidate with the name of Lawal Adamu Usman from the years 1986 to 1994 according to available records.

During the tribunal proceedings, M.A Magaji, counsel to the first respondent, cross-examined all the witnesses with no objections.

Source: Thecable

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