A Delta State Excessive Court docket sitting in Warri has ordered Nigerian Universities to confess all 2024 candidates who handed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, significantly these resulting from turn into 16 years from the first of September, 2025 to thirty first December,2025.
The court docket directed the schools to permit the scholars resume college instantly pending the dedication of a case introduced earlier than it.
The Court docket presided over by Justice A.O. Akpovi, in go well with No. W/311/FH handed down the order on Friday, insisting that every one universities in Nigeria are affected and sure by the order.
The order had restrained the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, from additional taking motion on and/or giving impact to the directives contained in its round of October 16, 2024, titled “Admission of Candidates With Minimal Admissible Age of 16 Years,” pending the listening to and the dedication of an originating movement.
Throughout proceedings in go well with No: W/311/FHR/2024 between John O. Aikpokpo-Martins and JAMB as first respoindent and Edwin Clark College as second respondent, Aikpokpo-Martins appeared in particular person whereas, O. Mohammed SAN, with S.P. Siketi appeared for JAMB.
Dr Wahab Oyedekun, Director Authorized, additionally represented JAMB whereas A Bekeredemo additionally appeared for Edwin Clark College.
John Aikpokpo-Martins knowledgeable the court docket that there have been many processes earlier than it, together with the applying to commit the Registrar of JAMB and the Registrar of Edwin Clark College to jail for disobedience of the orders of the court docket granted the 24/10/2024.
O. Aikpokpo-Martins wished to maneuver the mentioned utility for committal
The opposite counsel opposed vehemently and submitted that the listening to of their purposes that the court docket lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the case must be heard first.
At this stage, the court docket known as on the Dr Wahab Oyedekun, Director of Authorized JAMB, to clarify the intention behind their discover of 16/10/2024, which he did.
Dr Wahab additionally agreed that they weren’t against amicably resolving the matter alternatively whereas J. O. Aikpokpo-Martins additionally didn’t oppose the choice of ADR.
He recommended that the Minister of Schooling maintain an emergency assembly with JAMB and different stakeholders and discover Different Dispute Decision (ADR) of the matter, because it has extensive implications for a lot of Nigerians, significantly the candidates represented by John Aikpokpo-Martins and the tutorial coverage of the federal government.
JAMB’s Counsel conceded that the interim orders of court docket granted on the 24/10/2024 should be obeyed and knowledgeable the court docket that in gentle of the order granted on the 24/10/2024, it has forwarded a round to all Vice Chancellors of Universities to tell them that JAMB has withdrawn the mentioned round of the 16/10/2024 pending the dedication of the case.
The appliance by J. O. Aikpokpo-Martins to affix Delta State College, Abraka, College of Delta, Agbor and Admiralty College, Ibusa because the third, 4th and fifth Respondents within the matter was granted.
Consequently the case was adjourned to the subsisting dates of 21/11/2024 and 4/12/2024 for listening to and/or report of the ADR..
