Grandiose Parlor

This is one story I can’t overlook. The incident happened at one of the hearings of the Ondo State Election tribunal. ThisDay reports via an article titled “Agagu: Computer Expert Stuns Tribunal“. Here is the full text:

A self-professed computer expert who is also a witness created a scene at the Court 2 venue of the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure, Ondo State when he could not open the website he quoted in his written deposition that had been admitted by the tribunal.

Professor Emmanuel Ola Adegbeyeni, who said he is the first black African to bag a Phd in Computer Science, was called by Ondo state Governor, Dr Olusegun Agagu to give evidence that the work done by the British forensic expert called by Dr Olusegun Mimiko, Adrian Forty, was not reliable. Mimiko’s lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun had, during cross examination, in an attempt to establish that the witness was not what he claimed, challenged him to open the website he quoted to have relied on in his submission.

The entire court room was stunned when after spending about 30 minutes, the expert could not open the website while sweating profusely.

All attempts by Agagu’s lawyer to prevent the expert from carrying out the assignment ordered by the tribunal, was rebuffed by the Justice Garba Nabaruna-led tribunal who insisted that the computer expert must prove himself.