source: Pulse.ng
A bench warrant has been issued on theWest Africa Examination Council(WAEC) for its failure to appear before the Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal.
The examination body had ignored an earlier summons from the Tribunal, headed by Justice S. Anjo, to testify in a suit involving thePeoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate for Oredo East constituency,Okoro Osadebamwen, andOsagboivo Iyohaof theAll Progressives Congress(APC).
According to a PM News report, Osadebamwen had filed a suit claiming that the certificates from primary to university degree presented by Iyoha, leading to his eventual victory at the polls, were all fake due to some discrepancies in the names.
But the defendant claimed his certificates were all genuine
He argued that the names in all the certificates, including Tony which was his baptismal name, belonged to him.
WAEC had been summoned to enable the defendants close their case.
Counsel to the defendant. Barrister Eghogho Enahoro, told the Tribunal that the examination body had collected the subpoena and should therefore have been in court.
Counsel to Okoro, Solomon Odiase, however argued that WAEC's failure to appear is a ploy by the defendant to delay justice before the expiration of the 180 days provided in the Electoral Act.
The three-man panel then issued a bench warrant requiring WAEC to appear before it
A bench warrant has been issued on theWest Africa Examination Council(WAEC) for its failure to appear before the Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal.
The examination body had ignored an earlier summons from the Tribunal, headed by Justice S. Anjo, to testify in a suit involving thePeoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate for Oredo East constituency,Okoro Osadebamwen, andOsagboivo Iyohaof theAll Progressives Congress(APC).
According to a PM News report, Osadebamwen had filed a suit claiming that the certificates from primary to university degree presented by Iyoha, leading to his eventual victory at the polls, were all fake due to some discrepancies in the names.
But the defendant claimed his certificates were all genuine
He argued that the names in all the certificates, including Tony which was his baptismal name, belonged to him.
WAEC had been summoned to enable the defendants close their case.
Counsel to the defendant. Barrister Eghogho Enahoro, told the Tribunal that the examination body had collected the subpoena and should therefore have been in court.
Counsel to Okoro, Solomon Odiase, however argued that WAEC's failure to appear is a ploy by the defendant to delay justice before the expiration of the 180 days provided in the Electoral Act.
The three-man panel then issued a bench warrant requiring WAEC to appear before it
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