Judiciary
A HIGH court in Apo, Gudu District, of Abuja, on Friday, June 30, dismissed a certificate forgery suit filed by one Uchenna Nnadi against Andy Uba, a senator.
Justice Valentine Ashi while dismissing the case said that according to the law it was incumbent on Nnadi to prove his case against and that the plaintiff had failed to lead the court with the required evidence.
Ashi said that the plaintiff should have investigated and gotten his facts from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which cleared the defendant as being eligible for elections.
He said the plaintiff should have also conducted checks at Union Secondary School, Awkunawu, Enugu State, where the defendant claimed he obtained his West African School Certificate as opposed to Boys’ High School, Awkunawu, which the plaintiff claimed.
In dismissing the suit, the judge aid the plaintiff failed to investigate the defendant’s claims and, therefore, failed to prove the forgery case against him.
Nnadi had sued Uba on the grounds that he presented a forged School certificate from Boys’ High School, Awkunawu, and so unqualified and ineligible to stand for elections.
Uba, in his counter affidavit, however, denied ownership of the said certificate and said that he actually graduated from Union Secondary School, Awkunawu, which he submitted to the INEC and was properly cleared.
— Jul 10, 2017 @ 01:00 GMT
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