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| Senator Hope Uzodimma |
By Tobi Soniyi
A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, has asked a Federal
High Court in Lagos to grant him leave to
apply for an order of mandamus to
compel the West African Examinations Council
(WAEC) to produce the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the West African
Senior School
Certificate of Senator Hope Uzodimma to him.
He based the application on the provisions of Section 1(1), (2), and (4) of the Freedom of
Information (FOI) Act, 2011.
He said he had written a letter to WAEC pursuant to Section 4 of the Freedom of
Information (FoI) Act 2011 asking for the CTC of the West African Senior School
Certificate of Uzodinma. This was dated
May 14, 2013.
According to him, WAEC had ignored or refused to produce the
said CTC of Uzodimma’s certificate to
him.
Keyamo said he is a
legal practitioner, solicitor and advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, who
is passionately involved in legal activities for the protection of human rights
and in the fight against corruption in public places in Nigeria.
He said: “Uzodimma, a
Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has always claimed to be an alumnus
of Mgbidi Boys High School, Imo State, from where he allegedly obtained his
West African Senior School Certificate in 1982.
“The said Uzodinma claimed to have graduated from the Mgbidi
Boys High School, Imo State in 1982.
“That inquiry and investigation into the names and persons
that graduated in that year has revealed that Uzodimma was not a graduate of
the school in 1982.
“Consequent upon the legal activities of the applicant,
there has arisen a need to verify the claims of Uzodinma by the (CTC) of his
West African Senior School Certificate.
“By a letter dated May 14, 2013, served on the respondent on
the day of June 24, 2013, the applicant has applied for the production
of the CTC of the West African Senior School Certificate of Uzodimma.
Attached a marked exhibit “A” is the acknowledged copy of
the said letter dated May 14, 2013.
“On July 1, 2013, at 10:a.m. Festus Afeiyodion, a counsel in
Chambers visited the respondent’s office with a view of collecting the CTC of
the West African Senior School Certificate of Uzodimma but he was left
unattended to till the close of work.
“The respondent has ignored and/or refused to produce the
CTC of the West African Senior School Certificate of Uzodimma.”
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