Sen Adeleke dismisses suit seeking his sack, says petitioners are proxy forces of APC

The suit filed by two persons identified as Akinwale Olaniyi and Akinjide Monsuru seeking the disqualification of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the lawmaker representing Osun West Senatorial district has been dismissed by the man in question.

According to the embattled Senator Adeleke, the suit seeking his removal which was filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday is laughable and an abuse of court process.

In a statement issued late on Friday night by Hon Niyi Owolade, Adeleke’s Legal Adviser, the sitting Senator claimed that the two men who filed the suit are proxy forces of the All Progressive Congress (APC).

The statement by Senator Adeleke reads thus in part; “The initial judgement that this irritating suit is based on has been widely condemned by all learned minds, especially as the document wrongly declared as forged was duly issued by the authorities of the school.

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“It is in public domain and court records that the school Principal deposed to an affidavit confirming the testimonial and statement of results were duly issued by the school. WAEC’s deputy Registrar also came to depose to an Affidavit in court with the Certified True Copies of the same result submitted by Senator for his Senatorial election screening. How can any human being still declare such result as fake or forged?

“We declare that the suit is frivolous,clearly an abuse of court processes and a waste of the precious time of the Judiciary.

“It is important to restate that the matter of qualification and eligibility have been decided by two High Court Judgements in Osun state. A recent ruling of the Appeal Court Akure Division supports the Senator’s position. This matter is also subjudice as it is already a matter before a higher court; The Appeal Court.

Among the many demands in the suit filed by the pair include, a demand put to the court to restrain Senator Adeleke from further parading himself as the lawmaker representing Osun West senatorial district in the National Assembly.

The claimants in the suit pursuant to Section 65(2)(a) of the 1999 Constitution, and the judgment of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Bwari, delivered on April 2, 2019, also prayed for an order of the court directing the lawmaker to refund all salaries, allowances, and other emoluments he had received as a senator.

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