Emeka Ejere
The West African Examinations Council has confirmed that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Osun state governorship election, Ademola Adeleke sat for its examination in 1981.
WAEC stated this in a court filing before the FCT High Court, Bwari in compliance with an order issued by Justice Othman Musa on September 11.
The court had on Tuesday, September 11, directed the body to produce Adeleke’s result within 10 days due to the controversy surrounding his O’level result.
In its affidavit sworn to by Henry Sunday Adewunmi Osindeinde a deputy registrar, Head of School Examination Department, WAEC said Adeleke sat for the May/April 1981 at Ede Muslim High School, Yidi Road, Ede, with centre number: 19645 and candidate number 149.
In the results attached to the documents filed by WAEC, Adeleke was listed as number 149 out of the 221 candidates that sat for the May/June 1981 examinations of the Council at Ede Muslim High School in Ede, Osun State.
The results showed that he sat for only English Language in which he had F9.
He did not sit for other registered subjects which included Mathematics, Literature in English, Islamic Knowledge and Geography.
He also did not sit for Economics and Biology.
Osideinde stated that the examination centre number was 19645 while Adeleke’s number as a candidate in the centre was 149.
WAEC attached a copy of the results of all 221 candidates that sat for the May/June 1981 in the centre at Ede Muslim High School.
Osindeinde said in the affidavit that: “By virtue of my position as Deputy Registrar/Head of School Examination Department, I have read the enrolled order of this court (specifically orders iv, v and vi) dated 11th September 2018 directing and compelling the WAEC to depose to an affidavit confirming or denying the said orders contained in the said enrolled order and referred to in this paragraph And I wish to state as follows:
“The said candidate named in this suit known as Adeleke Ademola, with Centre Number 19645 and Candidate Number 149, indeed sat for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in May/June 1981 conducted by the council at Ede Muslim High School situate at P. O. Box 6 Yidi Road, Ede, State of Osun.
“The copy of the result listing referred to by the court order as the ledger containing the results of all the candidates (001 – 221) who sat for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in the said school is hereby certified, attached and marked: Exhibit WA1.”
Adeleke has not filed any response to the case.
The case has been adjourned to September,25.