Court has delivered final judgment on Kemi Adeosun’s NYSC certificate scandal.
Newsone Nigeria reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has cleared former Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adosun, of the controversy over her participation or otherwise in the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.
This online news platform understands that Justice Taiwo Taiwo in a judgment on Wednesday, July 7, held that Kemi Adeosun was not qualified to have participated in the scheme when she graduated at 22 years because she was then a British citizen.
Justice Taiwo further held as at when she formally returned to Nigeria, and became a Nigerian citizen, at over 30 years, she was no eligible to present herself for the NYSC service.
Kemi Adeosun’s NYSC Certificate Scandal
The judge said the plaintiff or anyone did not require a discharge certificate of NYSC to qualify to contest election to the House of Representatives or be appointed a Minister in Nigeria .
Newsone reports that the judgment was on a suit marked: FhC/ABJ/CS/303/2021 filed by Adeosun, with the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) as the sole defendant.
Justice Taiwo proceeded to grant the four reliefs sought by the plaintiff, to include “a declaration that the plaintiff,being a United Kingdom citizen as at 1989 when she graduated from the University of East London, London, United Kingdom at 22, she was ineligible to participate in the National Youth Service Corpse scheme, established by the National Youth Service Corps Act, CAP N8, LFN, 2004”
