Joash Ojo Amupitan enters
I remeber a movie, the good the bad the ugly. In a particular scene, the bad, Tico was about to be hanged and there he was cursing spewing real vile from his mouth. Then the bad walks in after the good Blondie has just left after collected the bounty on his head, he shouted One bastard goes out and another comes in.
After the dabacle that ended in clownish court dramas in the infamous mantra of the present ruling party of Nigeria of Go to court, Mahmood Yakubu of the INEC who conducted the election that is said to have left an unsavoury taste in the mouth of Nigerians has exited the scene. Whether with his head held high and applauded by Nigerians, or shamefully and ignobly, posterity will tell.
Now, another has entered into the INEC, with quite shaky and questionable credentials. This is in the wake of his boss desperately beating down the international embers catching flames about his own credentials and profile and one of the ministers disgracefully resigning due to proven accusations of forged credentials.
Yes, enters Joash Ojo Amupitan into the muddles waters of INEC.
Also, Nigerians wait to see what is going to be the performance of this one.
There are a lot of grey areas in this Prof Joash Ojo Amupitan’s CV as put forward in the Statehouse Press Release signed by Mr Bayo Onanuga.
Let me speak to just a few of them for now:
- He was born in 1967. There’s no problem in that.
- ‘After completing primary and secondary education’, he attended Kwara state Polytechnic… from 1982 to 1984.
Note: we are neither told the names of the primary and secondary schools he attended, nor the time lines of his attendance.
Moreover, by 1982 when he was said to have attended the Kwara state Polytechnic; he was just 15. How did he do it back then? Maybe if we have the details of his primary and secondary schools attendance, we would have better understanding. Additionally, what did he study at the Polytechnic? - He attended University of Jos 1984-1987 to study law.
How did he get a law degree in Nigeria within 3 years? Law is 5 years. - He got his PhD in 2007.
But he became the Head (of Department) of Public Law 2006-2008, and Dean of the Law Faculty 2008-2014. That means that he became the Head of Department before earning his PhD, and the Dean of faculty one year after his PhD. How did these happen in a federal university, not even in a mushroom private university?
I have a fair understanding of the academic. Such things don’t happen. I believe the people who packaged this CV owe us more explanation of the missing links in the CV.
‘Dayo Osifeso, PhD
Lagos Mainland
