The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the March 18 2023 Governorship election in Lagos State, Mr. Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor, may have a reason to smile as documents capable of disqualifying the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, were cited in court’s records of proceedings at the tribunal.
According to reports from the Lagos State Governorship tribunal, documents tendered by PDP’s Jandor reportedly shows discrepancies in Governor Sanwoolu’s credentials submitted to INEC.
The names on the statement of WAEC result he presented to INEC are just two, while the ones on the Master list WAEC tendered in court has three names with a different first name, but same surname, same exam number and same exam year.
These names are also different from names on his first and second degree certificates.
There are several Supreme Court authorities against discrepancies of names on certificates. The latest judgment on discrepancies of names on certificates was delivered on Thursday 10th of August, 2023 by a National Assembly tribunal sitting in kano which nullified the election of Hon. Umar Mukhtar Yerima for having two names in his primary school certificate and three names in his other credentials with no deed polls that clarified the discrepancies just as that of Governor Sanwoolu.
Also, evidence before the tribunal shows that Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour was never, and still not a member of Labour Party.
His name is conspicuously absent in the Certified True Copy of Membership register of Labour Party which was last updated and submitted to INEC on the 20th April, 2023. Exactly one month after he contested under Labour Party.
The position of the Law is that you can not contest for election, except you are a Member of a political party who must sponsor you.
These evidences were tendered in court by Jandor of PDP who seeks disqualification of both APC and Labour Party candidates.
The tribunal has reserved Judgement till a date the will be communicated to all parties.
