Court: Adeleke unfit to run for Osun governor
April 2, 2019
9:35 pm
PDP candidate ‘didn’t graduate’
We’ll appeal, says lawyer
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Bwari, Abuja yesterday voided the participation of Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last governorship election in Osun State.
Justice Othman Musa, in a judgment, annulled Adeleke’s nomination as candidate of the PDP on the grounds that he offended Section 177 of the 1999 Constitution as amended.
The section states that candidates for governor must be educated up to secondary school level.
Justice Musa said while the court’s findings showed that Adeleke entered secondary school in 1976, …
