The Abuja High Court sitting in Apo, Gudu District, on Friday,
dismissed a certificate forgery suit filed by one Mr. 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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