NYSC Scandal: You are not qualify to hold any office, court tells Buhari minister

A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan Oyo State has struck out a suit filed by the Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu challenging his disqualification from taking part in the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary election.
The APC National Working Committee had disqualified Shittu from contesting the Oyo guber election based on the revelation that he did not take partin the one year mandatory National Service for Nigerians who completed their tertiary education before the age of 30.
Shittu admitted he did not take part in the National Youth Service scheme but argued that it was because he was elected into the Oyo State House of Assembly immediately after graduating from Law School.
Following the disqualification, Shittu filed a case in court saying that he was unjustly disqualified. He posited that the constitutional requirement for the office of a governor is a secondary school certificate and not an NYSC completion certificate.
But in her ruling on Friday, Justice Patricia Ajoku pointed out that Shittu’s complaint was filed outside the constitutionally required period for filing a pre-election case.
“I must first consider the provision of Section 285 of the constitution that makes it mandatory for all pre-election matters to be filed within 14 days of occurrence,” Justice Ajoku said.