Pupil
drags FG, Minister, NECO to court over non-release of result
A 10-Year- old Lagos pupil, Ogheneyorheme Malcolm
Omirhobo has dragged the Federal Government, Minister of Education, Mallam
Adamu Adamu and National Examination Commission (NECO) to Federal High Court in
the Lagos Judiciary Division Holden in Ikoyi over the non release of the
details of his score of the result of 2016/2017 of the National Commission
Entrance Examination.
Omirhobo had earlier written a petition dated July 21st 2017 to the office of
the Minister at Abuja
in which he complained that having sat for the examination, he was informed by
National Examination Commission (NECO) that he passed the examination and
short-listed for interview without giving him the details of his scores and the
criteria for his being short-listed.
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Education minister mallam Adamu Adamu
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Master Ogheneyorheme Malcolm
Omirhobo
The graduate of Joanah Memorial Nursery and Primary School, Okota, Lagos
lamented that the failure, refusal and/or neglect of National Examination
Commission (NECO) to release the details of his examination result, puts a
negative mark on the transparency of the entire examination exercise and also
shows a smack of corruption.
In the petition, he urged the Minister Of Educaton, Adamu Adamu to direct
National Examination Commission (NECO) to release detail of his result, failure
in which he threatened to sue the examination body.
The suit dated August 14th, 2017 directed thus, “You are hereby commanded that
within thirty days of the service of this writ on you, inclusive of the day of
such service you do cause an appearance to be entered for you in an action at
the suit of MALCOLM JNR. OGHENEYORHEME OMIRHOBO and take notice that in default
of your so doing the Plaintiff may proceed therein, and judgment may be given
in your absence.”
The writ issued by Chief Malcolm Omirhobo Esq of Malcolm Omirhobo & Co, the
plaintiff claims damages against the defendants jointly and severally as
follows,”
“A DECLARATION OF COURT that it is the Plaintiff’s right to have the scores
and/or result of the National Entrance Examination of 2017 which he sat for
published by the Defendants.
“A DECLARATION OF COURT that it is the responsibility of the Defendants to
publish the scores and/or details of the National Entrance Examination
conducted yearly throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“A DECLARATION OF COURT that the failure, refusal and/or neglect of the 2nd
Defendant to direct the 3rd Defendant to publish the details of the scores
and/or result of the 2017 Common Entrance Examination is improper, unlawful and
illegal.
“A DECLARATION OF COURT that the failure, refusal and/or neglect of the 2nd
Defendant to direct the 3rd Defendant to publish the details of the scores
and/or result of the Plaintiff’s 2017 Common Entrance Examination which he sat
for despite letter of request is improper, illegal and unlawful.
“AN ORDER OF COURT compelling the Defendants to release the details of the
result of the Plaintiff and other affected children for the 2017 National
Common Entrance Examination.
“The sum of N1, 000,000.00 as Damages against the Defendants for unlawful
withholding of the Plaintiff’s result for the 2017 National Common Entrance
Examination and the sum of N250, 000.00 as cost of litigation.”
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