A Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, last Tuesday, upheld the withdrawal of the Bachelors’ degree certificate of former governor of Abia state, Senator Orji Uzo Kalu, by the Abia State University.
that the presiding judge, Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, nullified the judgement of a high court that had restored the Bachelors’ degree certificate of the former governor.
It was gathered that the state university had in 2013 withdrawn Kalu’s certificate over allegations of fraud and breach of admission regulations concerning his graduation.
However, the former governor who is now a serving senator later approached a state high court in Isikuato in Abia state to challenge the allegations and the subsequent withdrawal of his degree by the university.
Ruling in favour of the Abia State University, the appeal court held that the state high court in Isikwuato lacked jurisdiction over the matter.
Justice Adefope Okojie in her verdict said that the Isikwuato high court had no jurisdiction to preside over the certificate issue.
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