A member of People’s Democratic Party in Kogi State, Femi Joseph has urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the Independent National National Electoral Commission, INEC, to disqualify, the Party flagbearer, Engr. Musa Wada from participating in the governorship election in Kogi State.
This request was contained in a suit filed by his lawyer, Mike Enahoro Ebah, before the court where he alleged that the Engr. Wada forged his primary school certificate.
In the suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/1147/2019, Enahoro Ebah, argued that by virtue of Section 31(5) & (6) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended) he reasonably believes that the information supplied by the PDP candidate in both his Form CF001 and the attached first school leaving certificate, as to his primary school education, were false.
Joseph wants the court to declare that the 3rd defendant’s (Wada’s) INEC Form CFOO1 and the primary school certificate, bearing number: 910922, attached therewith and submitted to the 2nd defendant (INEC) by the 1st and 3rd defendants (PDP and Wada), contain false information regarding the 3rd defendant’s primary school certificate.
He is equally seeking an order restraining Wada from parading or holding himself out as governorship candidates in the Kogi State governorship election.
While the PDP has responded to the suit, Wada is yet to file any response to the case instituted on September 27, 2019.
A similar suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/ 1375/2019 and filed by a lawyer, Sunday Ehimoni, before the same court is also seeking Wada’s disqualification for allegedly having mental health history.
Ehimoni wants the court to, among others, “determine whether going by his medical records the candidate of the PDP, Musa Wada, ought not to be declared and certified lunatic and a person of unsound mind, sanctioned for providing false information to INEC on his forms and prevented from contesting.
It will be recalled that social media and the press became awash last week with Wada’s medical records from the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba Lagos State after they were leaked by unknown persons.
