NYSC certificate: Lawyer drags Adeosun, Senate, others to court

A lawyer, Francis Obalim has filed a suit asking the Federal High
Court, Abuja, to order the sack of the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi
Adeosun.

The suit came on the grounds of her alleged failure to possess a valid
discharge certificate issued by the National Youth Service Corps.

Obalim, in the suit marked FHC/ ABJ / CS / 712/ 2018, applied for an
order quashing and setting aside Adeosun's appointment as a minister
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The lawyer insisted that the Minister's appointment should be quashed
in the light of the revelation by an online medium, Premium Times,
alleging that Adeosun forged NYSC exemption certificate.

Obalim argued that Adeosun cirumvented the mandatory conditions in
sections 12, 13 and 14 of the NYSC Act, an integral part of the 1999
Constitution.

He maintained that Adeosun, who was named as the 1st defendant, was
not qualified to be employed by the Federal Government of Nigeria
either as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or in any
other capacity whatsoever, without first presenting a valid discharge
certificate issued by the NYSC.

The plaintiff, through his counsel, Johnmary Jideobi, sought an order
of perpetual injunction restraining Federal Government from further
according a ministerial status to Adeosun until she presents a valid
certificate of discharge regularly issued by the NYSC.

Adeosun, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of
Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki
and the Clerk of the Senate are the respondents to the suit.