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Edo Election Tribunal: Forensic expert testifies on Obaseki's UI certificate


By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITY
DESPITE still basking in euphoria over the ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissing the allegation of certificate forgery against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, the University of Ibadan’s (UI’s) Bachelor’s Degree certificate of the governor yesterday resurfaced at Edo State election petitions tribunal in Benin where a forensic expert, Raphael Onwuzuligbo, testified on the allegation of forgery and was cross-examined by the counsel to the respondents.
Onwuzuligbo who said he is a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) appeared based on the subpoena by Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its governorship candidate, Iboi Emmanuel and he claimed that the UI’s certificate presented by Obaseki in 2016 was different from the one he presented in 2020 to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). ....

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Edo Election Tribunal decides Obaseki, Shaibu, others' fates by January 11


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The Election Petitions Tribunal on the Edo State governorship election held on September 19, has fixed January 11, 2021, for the hearing of the remaining four petitions filed to challenge the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Comrade Philip Shaibu at the poll.
Obaseki, Shaibu, their political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are the respondents in four remaining petitions out of the five petitions before the tribunal. The fifth petition by the Action Alliance (AA) and its governorship candidate, Ukonga Onaivi, was on Friday last week dismissed for failing to file for pre-hearing notice, which is one of the conditions required by the Electoral Act 2010. ....

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