From Ado Abubakar Musa, Jos
The Federal High Court sitting in Jos has adopted documents against the Plateau lawmaker, hon. Ibrahim Baba Hassan who has been standing trail for submitting alleged fake diploma certificate during the 2015 general elections.
Hassan who represent Jos North-North constituency in Plateau State House of Assembly was taken to court by Abdul Nasir who contested against the lawmaker during the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in the 2015 election.
During the sitting on Friday, presided by Justice Musa Kurya admitted the payment of receipts presented by plaintiff’s counsel, Ahamad Garba, which was said to have been obtained from the university on the request of whether or not Hassan has graduated from the university.
The counsel to the defendant Nanfwang D Gwaison had earlier argued that such latter and receipts by Garba were faked.
Another written document issued by the Deputy Registrar of the University of Jos, Calep Mwansat, which stated that the alleged document presented by Plateau lawmaker during the last election didn’t emanate from the university.
Recalled that during the sitting on 12th October, 2016, the Registrar of the University of Jos, Monday M. Danjem during his oral statement told the court that Hassan didn’t graduate from the University and affirmed that the certificate didn’t emanated from the university.
In his ruling, the Justice Kurya ruled out the objection of the defense counsel for lack of merit affirming “the University of Jos is the only University of Jos in the Nigeria and its Registrar is the one and only Registrar of the institution and thereby admitted the documents against the lawmaker.
Kurya adjourned the sitting to 13th November for the presentation of the remaining witnesses by Unijos registrar.
