NYSC Cert: Court Asked To Order Adeosun’s Arrest
A Federal High Court has been asked to order the arrest of former Minister of Finance Mrs Kemi Adeosun over the issue relating to her National Youth Service Certificate.
The fresh suit filed before the Abuja division of the court is further seeking an order restraining Adeosun from travelling out of the country.
The former minister resigned her position after she was accused of not undergoing the compulsory NYSC program after study in the United Kingdom.
Adeosun, however, took the matter to court where Justice Taiwo Taiwo in his judgment held that Adeosun was not qualified to have participated in the scheme when she graduated at age 22 because she was then a British citizen.
The judge further held that at the time she formally returned to Nigeria and became a Nigerian citizen, at over 30 years, Adeosun was no eligible to present herself for the NYSC service.
But in the new filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Global Integrity Crusade Network (GICN), the group is asking the court for an order to compel the DSS and the police to arrest Adeosun.
The plaintiff, through its lawyer, Esther Wuese Iorhuna, prayed for an injunction restraining Adeosun from travelling out of the country to take refuge in another country.
The plaintiff prayed the court for the following reliefs:
A declaration that the 1st and 2nd Defendants (DG DSS and IGP) are under a legal duty to arrest and prosecute Mrs Kemi Adeosun, for fraudulently using a fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Exemption Certificate and intentionally giving false evidence before Ogun State House of Assembly as well as the 1st Defendant between 2011 to 2015 for purposes of screening into the positions of Commissioner of Finance and Minister of Finance, respectively.
A declaration that the action of the 1st and 2nd defendants by refusing, failing and or neglecting to arrest and prosecute Mrs Kemi Adecsun sued herein as 3rd defendant for having fraudulently used a fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Exemption Certificate and intentionally given false evidence before Ogun State House of Assembly as well as the 1* Defendant between 2011 to 2015 for purposes of screening into the positions of Commissioner of Finance and Minister of Finance, respectively portrays her as a sacred cow and tantamount to dereliction of duties imposed on the 1* and 294 Defendants under the relevant laws.
An order of mandamus compelling the 1st and 2nd defendants to perform their legal duties under Sections 1, 2 (3) and 8 of the National Security Agencies Act, 1 and 86 read together with Instrument No. 1 of 1999 as well as Section 4 of the Police Act, 2020 by forthwith arresting and prosecuting Mrs Kemi Adecsun sued herein as 3rd defendant for fraudulently using a fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Exemption Certificate and intentionally giving false evidence before Ogun State House of Assembly as well as the 1* Defendant between 2011 to 2015 for purposes of screening into the positions of Commissioner of Finance and Minister of Finance, respectively.
