By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
The Oba-Elect of Araromi-Ekiti in Ijero Local Government Area of the state, Babalola Adebomi was on Monday arraigned at Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital for certificate forgery.
Babalola, 48 was arraigned on two charges, bordering forging a certificate of the University of Ibadan and presenting the same to the University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti for a job in 2008 and also forging his discharge certificate from the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) and presented same to the University Teaching Hospital for the job.
The charges sheet NO: FHC/AK/16/2024 reads in parts “That you Babalola Babatunde on or about the 15th day of January 2008 at the University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did make and uttered a forged University of Ibadan Result which you knew to be false and with the intent that it may be used or acted upon as genuine by the University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti to offer you a job and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 1(2)(c) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act.