Court orders Adeleke to present certificate
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the plaintiffs are also asking the court to grant an order restraining the pdp from presenting adelekes name to the independent national electoral commission inec for the september 22nd governorship poll2 the members are seeking that the court grant an interim order to set aside results of the governorship election that produced adeleke2 messrs rasheed olabayo and oluwaseun idowu had prayed the court to disqualify adeleke for not possessing a school certificate as required by section 177 d of the 1999 constitution1 they also asked the court to set aside the july 21 primary that produced adeleke as the partys governorship candidate1 in his ruling yesterday on the ex-parte application justice david oladimeji advised adeleke to present his secondary school certificate before the court on aug. 1.1 oladimeji held that the ex-parte injunction has only seven days lifespan adding there are still windows left open till august 8 according to the affidavits sworn to by the applicants1 it will be inequitable not to allow the respondent to come and show his certificate if he has any. but if given the opportunity to present his side of the case the balance which is necessary for interlocutory injunction would be adequately considered1 the osun state high court made the order on thursday to the candidate in the sept. 22 governorship election1 also adeleke has accused those he called fifth columnists for his travail1 addressing reporters in abuja on thursday his director of media and publicity adeleke campaign organisation mallam olawale rasheed said fifth columnists were playing out an alleged destructive script of their paymaster against the pdp1 rasheed noted that while the campaign organisation recognised the right of any aggrieved aspirant to seek redress the development he said raised discomforting questions about the real motive of the challenging camp1 some pdps governorship candidates had earlier dragged adeleke court for alleged non-possession of primary school certificate1 the governorship candidate of the peoples democratic party pdp in osun state sen. ademola adeleke has been handed seven days to produce his secondary school certificate1 justice oladimeji adjourned the motion on notice till august 1 for hearing1