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Court Grants Candidates’ Application Against UNILAG, JAMB by engrsoma(m): 1:26am On Jul 28, 2015
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted an
application for the judicial review of the decision to stop
some applicants from writing entrance examination into the
University of Lagos for this year’s admission.
The applicants had headed for court alleging that the
Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,
Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, had issued a directive stopping them
from participating in the UNILAG’s post-Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examinations scheduled for August 12 and 13,
2015.
The applicants, through their lawyer, Dr. Kayode Idowu, also
accused Ojerinde of ordering the removal of their names
from the list of applicants eligible to sit the UNILAG’s 2015
post-UTME and sending same to other institutions that they
had not chosen.
They also alleged that though they scored above the
JAMB’s publicly announced 180 cut-off mark, UNILAG had
however refused to sell its post-UTME forms to them
following the alleged directive by Ojerinde to send the
names of all candidates with less than 250 marks to other
institutions.
In their ex parte application moved before Justice
Mohammed Idris on Monday morning, the applicants had
prayed for the leave of court to apply for an order of
mandamus compelling UNILAG to sell the post-UTME forms
to them so they could sit the exams.
They also sought the leave to apply for an order prohibiting
the removal of their names from the list of candidates
eligible to sit the 2015 UNILAG’s post-UTME scheduled for
August 12 and 13.
The judge, after hearing their lawyer, Idowu, granted the
applicants an order to seek judicial review of the
respondents’ decision.
“It is in the interest of justice that the application is granted
as prayed,” Idris held.
The court adjourned till August 10, 2015 for further
proceedings.
Joined as respondents in the application are JAMB, its
Registrar, Ojerinde, UNILAG and its Vice Chancellor, Prof
Rahmon Bello.
The applicants with their respective Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examinations scores are Kofoworola
Olukanmi with 235 marks; Mojisola Sholola, 247 marks;
Mojisola Ajetunmobi, 239 marks; Ayomide Olajide, 228
marks; Joseph Omotosho, 247 marks.
Others are Olabimpe Oladipupo, 228 marks; Chijioke
Nwachukwu, 233 marks; Saviour Echedom, 235 marks and
Adebola Ekungomi, 223 marks.
Meanwhile, a civil society organisation, the Socio-Economic
Rights and Accountability Project, has asked the same court
to reverse the cut-off point of 250 marks set by UNILAG to
the 180 marks publicly announced by JAMB.
The group, in a suit marked FHC/L/CS/1139/2015, filed on
Monday, is seeking a declaration that by the upward review
of the cut-off mark, the respondents had breached Section
5(1)(c)(iii) of the JAMB Act Cap 193 of the Laws of the
Federation.
It said, “The provisions of Section 5(1)(c)(iii) of the JAMB
Act are very clear and unambiguous. The letter and spirit of
the provisions are to ensure that the preferences of
candidates, in terms of the university they choose to attend,
are sacrosanct. Even a contrary or adverse decision by
individual university cannot override the decision made
pursuant to the provisions of Section (5)1)(c)(iii).”
The case has yet to be slated for hearing.

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Re: Court Grants Candidates’ Application Against UNILAG, JAMB by eleko1: 1:39am On Jul 28, 2015
Wish dem well

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