Again UniJos disowns Plateau lawmaker’s cert.

The Registrar, University of Jos, Mr Monday Danjem has for the
third time disowned the diploma certificate in Business
Administration claimed to have been obtained from the institution
by a member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Ibrahim Baba
Hassan.

The lawmaker who represents Jos North-North constituency in the
state House of Assembly was sued before a Federal High Court
sitting in Jos by Abdul Saleh, who contested the 2014 primary
election under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) and
lost.

Saleh is accusing the lawmaker of submitting a fake Diploma
Certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
in 2014 for 2015 general elections.

However, at the resumed hearing on Thursday, Danjem said based
on the university records, the lawmaker had enrolled for a diploma
programme in Business Administration but failed six courses at the
end of the programme and never resit at any time for the failed
courses.

While being cross-examined by the counsel to Baba Hassan, the
registrar said, “Unijos did not issue the Diploma Certificate of
Hassan because he did not graduate from the institution.”

This is the third time the registrar is testifying against the
lawmaker. The first was on the 11th October, 2016, when he
submitted a written document following a subpoena by the court.

It was followed by a second oral testimony last week when the
registrar told the court that the university did not issue the said
certificate to the lawmaker.

On Thursday, Damden stated that “the University of Jos has
records of Hassan Ibrahim as having been enrolled in the university
but didn’t graduate and the university never issued any certificate
to him because he failed six courses.”

After the cross examination, the counsel to the 1st Defendant,
Solomon Umoh requested for an adjournment to enable him attend to
personal issues while the counsel to the Plaintiff, David Ibeawuchi
didn’t object to the request.

The presiding judge, Musa Kurya adjourned the case to 7th
December, 2018 for the hearing.

Related