A human rights organisation, the Incorporated Trustees of Advocacy for Social Right Advancement and Development Initiative, has told Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court in Abuja that the St. Paul Aroloya Primary School in Lagos which the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, claimed to have attended was never in existence.
According to the applicant, up till the time of coming to court, the respondent has “wilfully refused to investigate and/or prosecute Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the offence of perjury where he is found culpable.”
The applicant in its letter dated November 1, 2022, and signed by the Executive Director of ASRADI, Adeolu Oyinlola, had asked the IG to “cause an investigation into this allegation of ours within two weeks of the receipt of this correspondence, and initiate prosecution if it is established that he swore to an affidavit – knowing full well that what he stated therein was and is false.”
The applicant in the letter titled “Investigation of Bola Ahmed Tinubu for Lying on Oath” told the court that its findings revealed that the APC presidential candidate “lied on oath in every material particular. St. Paul Aroloya has never existed.” The applicant subsequently prayed for an order of mandamus compelling the respondent to investigate the filings made by Tinubu and where he is found culpable be referred to the Attorney General of the Federation for prosecution.
In his ruling on the exparte motion on January 12, 2023, Justice Olajuwon held that after reading the supporting affidavit deposed by Adeolu Oyinlola and hearing the applicant’s lawyer, Chukwunweike Okafor, “An order is hereby made granting leave of the applicant to apply for judicial review by way of mandamus compelling the respondent in this case, the Inspector-General of Police to investigate the filings made by Tinubu in respect of his educational qualification contained in the INEC Form CF...
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