BEVERLY HILLS, April 04, (THEWILL) – Two witnesses in the ongoing trial of Senator Ademola Adeleke, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, Emmanuel Adesola and Enoch Adigun, have insisted that they did not see the senator in the examination hall.
The witnesses who invigilated the National Examination Council (NECO) examination at Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School, Osun in 2017, gave their testimony during the senator’s trial over alleged examination malpractice at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday.
Adesola told the court that he had been supervising NECO for the past five years and he would have recognised Adeleke, who is a public figure, if he was in the examination hall, adding that there were four elderly students in the hall.
“I could not identify any student without the school album since it was my first time there. So, the principal and the registrar helped me to identify them as I used the list I had to call the students into the hall,” Adesola said.
“I didn’t see any of the defendants in the examination hall. Senator Adeleke was not in the examination hall. He is a public figure, so, I would have recognised him.”
On his part, Adigun said he saw Sikiru Adeleke, the second defendant, but did not see the senator in the examination hall while he was invigilating.
“I was surprised to see him (Sikiru Adeleke) because he was the most mature student in the hall. But when I checked and saw that he had an identity card duly stamped by the school, I had to allow him to write the examination,” Adigun said.
Inyang Ekwo, the judge, has adjourned the case till June 10 and 11 for further hearing.
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