Senator Ademola Adeleke has given four reasons why he believed the Tuesday’s judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Bwari, Abuja, nullifying his candidature for the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State, will not stand.
Justice Othman Musa of the FCT High Court in Bwari, Abuja, had on Tuesday nullified Adeleke’s nomination by the Peoples Democratic Party for the last year’s poll.
The judge held that Adeleke was not qualified to run for the office of a governor, because he was not allegedly educated up to secondary school level as required of him by Section 177 of the Nigerian Constitution.
But rejecting the judgment on Wednesday in a statement, Adeleke vowed to appeal against the judgment which he described as flawed and a travesty of justice. Read more