false evidence in support of the Kwara State governor, Abdulrahman
Abdulrazaq, at the election petition Tribunal.
The PDP said the Nigerian WAEC office aided Abdulrazaq, who as candidate
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) alleged presented a false
certificate at Independent Natronal Electoral Commission (INEC) for the
2019 election.
PDP made the claims in the letter dated July 15, 2019 which was signed
by the national legal adviser of the PDP, Emmanuel Enoidem and titled,
Kwara State Governorship Election Tribunal: PDP v Abdulrahman
Abdulrazaq; false and fraudulent evidence tendered by WAEC.
The letter was addressed to the registrar to Council of WAEC, Dr Iyi
Uwadiae, based in Ghana was also copied to President of Ghana, Nana
Akufo-Addo; president of The Gambia, Adama Barrow; President of Sierra
Leone, Julius Maada Bio; and President of Liberia, George Weah.
The PDP claimed that the examination council after playing hide and seek
over a subpoena by the Tribunal, sent conflict representatives to appear
for in court over the matter.
The party further claimed that Abdulrazaq’s sister Khalrat AbduiRasaq
Gwadabe has been frequenting the Lagos National Office of WAEC since the
Tribunal case began.
While noting dismay over the situation, PDP threatened legal if WAEC
fails to take action over the matter.
According to the letter “we are constrained to let you know that under
your tenure, the name of WAEC has been brought into disrepute. This sort
of fraud is being perpetrated under your watch. It is being said in some
quarters that a fraud of this complexity, magnitude and scale cannot be
executed without the knowledge of the man at the very top.
“We are aware that Mr Abdulrazaq’s sister Khalrat AbduiRasaq Gwadabe has
been frequenting the Lagos National Office of WAEC ever since the
Ttibunal case began. She is said to be a dose friend of the Acting Head
of the Nigeria National Office, one Mrs Durojaiye. The visitors records
at WAEC will buttress this fact as it has numerous entries of her visit.
“In fact his sister, Mrs Gwadabe and the Acting Head of Nigeria National
Office, Mrs Durojaiye and other top official of WAEC went to have a
meeting in Ghana. This coinaded with WAEC’s Regional Meeting.
“They arrived back together on a chartered night which landed at 5:40pm
on 10 July at the Private Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
Upon landing, Mrs Gwadabe and Mrs Durojaiye went to continue the meeting
in the WAEC ofhce, Yaba, Lagos.
“Further, we are aware that there was recently a crude attempt at your
National Office in Nigeria to alter 3 Records Department Register to
include details of this disputed Certificate. This attempt was
discovered because the entry was irregular and crude.
“In the final analysis, this episode shows that there is a great deal of
rot within WAEC. This has never been the case under the tenure of
previous Registrars to Council of WAEC since its establishment in 1952.
“WAEC’s reputation has been seriously dented by this episode. There is a
grave danger that a grossly devalued reputation due to fraudulent
interference with its results, international bodies and employers might
no longer accept WAEC results as credible. We do not want to contemplate
other damage this will do.
“We therefore ask you to take urgent action to restore the reputation of
WAEC by Conducting a thorough investigation into the sordid affair and
take decisive action against those found culpable.
“Remedy the false evidence rendered by your staff by writing to the
Tribunal directly.
“Take notice that if WAEC fails to take the above action within 7 days
from the date of this letter, we will commence legal proceedings to
unravel this unwholesome fraud and recover punitive damages,” the letter
read.
