Man who instituted court case against Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, over the authenticity of his West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate has said that he was not influenced by money to discontinue the case.
The man, Adekunle Oluwafemi Abraham, had said, in a notice of discontinuance of the suit No. KWS/73/2019 dated May 21, 2019, and filed May 22, 2019, that he “hereby wholly discontinues” the case against the defendant, while he did not state any reason for the sudden decision to terminate the case.
Speaking exclusively with the Newsflash247 in Ilorin at the weekend, Abraham said that he discontinued the case in order not to obstruct governance in the state.
“God is my witness. Nobody gave me anything monetarily, materially before God and man. Anybody with a contrary claim can come out to say it. I was not even promised appointment. I did what I did on all honesty,” he said.
Abraham, who said he still remained a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, added that there were pressures from friends and relations to drop the case in court, “and for one not to be too rigid, I had to oblige people’s request knowing fully well that we’re in the era of change. We’re for development and there’s a realisation that there should not be an obstruction in the governance of the state.”
Abraham, who hailed from Apado community in the Ilorin East local government area also said that his relationship with the party is still cordial, adding that he had been a founding member of the PDP as far back as 1998.
Also speaking, chairman of Apado Development Association (ADA), Oluwafemi Agbabiaka, said that the community was not pressurised the on the matter.
