Adeleke’s Certificate Saga: School Principal Laments Victimisation

The principal of Ede Muslim High School 1, Ede, Osun State, Mr Khalid Abbas, who was said to have issued a statement of the result of Senior Secondary School Examination and testimonial to Senator Ademola Adeleke, has fallen sick and is receiving treatment in a hospital in Ede, Osun State.
Reports said that Abbas lamented on his hospital bed on Tuesday that he had been subjected to incarceration by the police and some law enforcement agents for issuing the senator the credentials.
He added that a team of policemen came to his office on July 24 last year and harassed him for issuing Senator Ademola the statement of result and testimonial and later put him in detention after which he was granted bail.
He added that some people he never knew their identities had been calling him on phone and sending text messages to him, threatening to kill him if he failed to cooperate.
The principal lamented that due to the pressure, he had fallen sick and now suffering from high blood pressure, headache, cough, and joint pains.
He disclosed that there were records that Senator Adeleke enrolled into the school in 1976 and finished in 1981.
He added that he acted on the record he met when he became the principal and issued the statement of result and the testimonial.
Abass said that although there was an error by the registrar in the testimonial in terms of date and the WAEC number, it did not warrant his incarceration since the error could still be corrected.
He said that unknown identities had been looking for him.
“They are after my life and I don’t know them,” he lamented.
“I did not collect money from anybody. I did my job without fear or favour. If anybody feels that I have done anything wrong, let them take me to court. I am ready to face the court,” he said.
His family members, in a statement in Ede on Tuesday, alleged that in August last year, Mr Ambass was incarcerated by law enforcement agents for ten days and had been falling sick incessantly since then.