… As Man docked for allegedly impersonating military officer***
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, cleared the former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate forgery, which resulted in her resignation in 2018.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in his ruling on the originating summon with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/303/21 brought by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, on her behalf, held that the NYSC certificate based on the constitution is not a mandatory requirement for holding a political office in the country.
”I am of the view that denying the plaintiff of the relieves sought is not going to be doing justice to the matter,” he said.
The judge, therefore, granted all the four relieves sought for determination by the former minister.
Taiwo noted that the AGF, in his counter affidavit, did not challenge the avirement of the plaintiff, wherein the defendant stated that the Federal Government did not withdraw the ministerial appointment of the plaintiff or ask her to resign, but that Adeosun resigned on her on accord.
The newsmen report that while Adeosun was the plaintiff in the suit, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) was the sole defendant.
In the meantime, a 36-year-old man, Difo Kenneth, on Wednesday appeared in a Badagry Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly impersonating a military officer.
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The police charged Kenneth, whose address was not given with impersonation.
The prosecution counsel, ASP Clement Okouimose, said that the defendant committed the offence on June 13, at about 9 p.m. at Ahanve area of Owode-Apa Road, Badagry, Lagos.
Okouimose said that the defendant wore a military camouflage, knowing full well that he was not a military personnel.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge levelled against him.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Lazarus Hotepo, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Hotepo ordered that the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and be gainfully employed with an evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
The chief magistrate adjourned the case untill July 15, for further hearing.
