An Abuja High Court sitting in Apo, Gudu District, on Friday,
dismissed a certificate forgery suit filed by one Uchenna Nnadi
against Sen. Andy Uba.
Justice Valentine Ashi said the law says that he who asserts
must prove; and that the plaintiff had failed to lead the court
with further evidence.
Ashi said that the plaintiff should have investigated and
gotten his facts from the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), which cleared the defendant as being eligible for
elections.
He said the plaintiff should have also conducted checks at Union
Secondary School, Awkunawu, Enugu State, where the defendant said
he obtained his School Leaving Certificate as opposed to Boys’ High
School, Awkunawu, which the plaintiff claimed.
The judge dismissed the suit and said the plaintiff failed to
investigate the defendant’s claims and therefore failed to prove
the forgery case against him.
Nnadi had sued Uba on the grounds that he presented a forged
School certificate from Boys’ High School, Awkunawu, and so
unqualified and ineligible to stand for elections.
Uba, in his counter affidavit, however, denied ownership of the
said certificate and maintained that he graduated from Union
Secondary School, Awkunawu, which he submitted to INEC and was
properly cleared. NAN
An Abuja High Court sitting in Apo, Gudu District, on Friday,
dismissed a certificate forgery suit filed by one Uchenna Nnadi
against Sen. Andy Uba.
Justice Valentine Ashi said the law says that he who asserts
must prove; and that the plaintiff had failed to lead the court
with further evidence.
Ashi said that the plaintiff should have investigated and
gotten his facts from the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), which cleared the defendant as being eligible for
elections.
He said the plaintiff should have also conducted checks at Union
Secondary School, Awkunawu, Enugu State, where the defendant said
he obtained his School Leaving Certificate as opposed to Boys’ High
School, Awkunawu, which the plaintiff claimed.
The judge dismissed the suit and said the plaintiff failed to
investigate the defendant’s claims and therefore failed to prove
the forgery case against him.
Nnadi had sued Uba on the grounds that he presented a forged
School certificate from Boys’ High School, Awkunawu, and so
unqualified and ineligible to stand for elections.
Uba, in his counter affidavit, however, denied ownership of the
said certificate and maintained that he graduated from Union
Secondary School, Awkunawu, which he submitted to INEC and was
properly cleared. NAN
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