Certificate forgery: Court dismisses case against Andy Uba

Justice Valentine Ashi of a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Gudu District, has dismissed a certifi cate forgery suit fi led by one Uchenna Nnadi against Senator Andy Uba. Th e trial judge, said the law says that ‘he who asserts must prove’; and that the plaintiff had failed to lead the court with further evidence. Justice Valentine further held 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 also said the plaintiff should have conducted checks at Union Secondary School, Awkunawu, Enugu state, where the defendant said he obtained his School Leaving Certifi cate as opposed to Boys’ High School, Awkunawu, which the plaintiff claimed. Th e 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 certifi cate from Boys’ High School, Awkunawu, and so unqualifi ed and ineligible to stand for elections.

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