{"id":125613,"date":"2026-02-14T06:03:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=125613"},"modified":"2026-02-14T06:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:03:05","slug":"court-okays-probe-of-interior-ministers-waec-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/court-okays-probe-of-interior-ministers-waec-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Okays Probe of Interior Minister\u2019s WAEC Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal High Court in Abuja has authorised an inquiry into the academic credentials of Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, following claims of inconsistencies in his educational records.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Justice Binta Nyako gave the approval while ruling on an exparte application brought by an activist, Emorioloye Owolemi.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Owolemi had asked the court to direct an investigation into the minister\u2019s Secondary School Certificate allegedly issued by the West African Examinations Council, citing what he described as discrepancies in Tunji-Ojo\u2019s academic claims.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a separate but related matter, another judge of the court, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, dismissed Owolemi\u2019s request seeking documents linked to the minister\u2019s alleged discharge certificate from the National Youth Service Corps.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The activist, through his lawyer, Philemon Yakubu, had urged the court to issue an order of mandamus compelling the NYSC to release service records, monthly clearance details, allowance payment logs, banking information, and documents related to an alleged abscondment during the 2006 service year.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Justice Abdulmalik, however, ruled that the application failed to demonstrate that the request was made in the public interest a requirement under the law.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking after the decision, Yakubu said the team would review the judgment and return to court if necessary.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe filed the application in December, the case was assigned and we came, today we moved the said application, ex parte as provided under the rules of court and the law, and the court in its wisdom found that the application did not disclose how much of public interest the information we are seeking for is.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSo the court now dismissed the said application on the grounds that the information we are looking for concerning this said public officer is not of public interest but of private matter concerning only the individual involved.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe court has pointed out that our affidavit does not disclose as much, so on the instructions of our client, we will liaise with our client and then do the needful by putting our house in order and taking the said application again, disclosing those facts that the court found wanting in our application.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He stressed that the activist\u2019s aim remained 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