A 41-year-old businessman, Nnabueze Chibuike, on Wednesday, appeared before a Federal High Court in Benin City, on alleged possession and importation of
A forensic expert, Raphael Onwuzuligbo, has told an Edo Election Petitions Tribunal on Monday that Governor Godwin Obaseki presented two different University of Ibadan degree certificates to the Independent National Electoral Commission in 2016 and 2020.
Onwuzuligbo, a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police, testified as a subpoena witness in the case filed by the Action Democratic Party, and its governorship candidate, Iboi Emmanuel, who are challenging the victory of Obaseki on the claim that he was not qualified to contest the election on alleged certificate forgery and perjury.
Under cross-examination by the counsel for the respondents, the retired police officer noted that the UI’s certificate presented by Obaseki in 2016 was different from the one he presented to INEC in 2020.
The University of Ibadan (UI) Bachelor’s Degree certificate forgery and perjury case against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Monday resurfaced at the state’s election petitions tribunal in Benin.
Edo Election Petition Tribunal: Forensic expert faults Obaseki s UI certificate tribuneonlineng.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribuneonlineng.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Certificate forgery suit: Obaseki closes defence case as ex-VC testifies
Friday Olokor, Abuja
A former Vice-Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, Prof. Eghosa Osaghae on Wednesday told Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court in Abuja that it is not wrong to submit an incomplete photocopy of a certificate.
Osaghae stated this while testifying as the third witness of Governor Godwin Obsaeki of Edo State.
The PUNCH reported that the All Progressives Congress and a member of the party, Edobor Williams, had gone to the Federal High Court to challenge the alleged certificate forgery by Obaseki.
The plaintiffs, among others, were contending that the photocopies of the University of Ibadan degree certificate attached to the nomination form submitted by Obaseki to the Independent National Electoral Commission for the September 19 2019 governorship election was forged.