Tag: Certificate Forgery
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Alleged certificate forgery: Obaseki opens defence today
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo will today, (Tuesday Jan. 5), open his defence at the Federal High Court, Abuja, in the ongoing alleged certificate forgery suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against him. The trial judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, adjourned the matter on Monday for Obaseki to open his defence on Jan. 5,…
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Court adjourns Obaseki’s certificate forgery case indefinitely
A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned indefinitely proceedings in the suit by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a member, Edobor Williams, praying for the sack of Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki. The plaintiffs are querying Obaseki’s academic qualification and want the court to disqualify him. Justice Ahmed Mohammed yesterday granted a request…
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Edo poll: Why we can’t investigate, disqualify Obaseki over certificate forgery saga – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it does not have the power to investigate or disqualify candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo during the September 19 election of Governor Godwin Obaseki, over alleged forgery of the University of Ibadan’s (UI) certificate. It noted only a court order could disqualify…
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BREAKING: Court strikes out certificate forgery suit against Obaseki
A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit filed against the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/553/2020 accused the Governor of engaging in certificate forgery. Listed as plaintiffs in the suit are Edobor Williams, Ugbesia Abudu Godwin and Amedu Dauda Anakhu. They accused Obaseki of…
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Obaseki accused of certificate forgery, sued [Court papers attached]
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has been dragged before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja for alleged certificate forgery and perjury. The case was filed on 29 May. The plaintiffs in the case, according to a report by Independent, are Edobor Williams, Ugbesia Abudu Godwin and Amedu Dauda Anakhu. Joined as defendants are the…
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Bayelsa guber: Tribunal invites Deputy Gov over alleged certificate forgery
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has invited the state’s Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, to appear before it at the resumption of its sitting on June 1, 2020. The invitation, which is in the form of subpoena duces tecum (witness summons) issued by the Chairman of the tribunal on May…
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Bayelsa: APC Deputy Governorship candidate opens on Supreme Court Judgement, alleged certificate forgery, others
All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship election in Bayelsa State, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo has debunked the premise which the Supreme Court based its stunning verdict of 13 February, nullifying his election, along with the governorship candidate, David Lyon. The Supreme Court held that Degi-Eremienyo presented forged certificates to the…
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Kwara governor-elect certificate forgery allegation: It’s laughable – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says allegation that Kwara governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq forged his Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSSC) is laughable. The APC said those spreading the falsehood were engaged in a futile exercise. The governor-elect was alleged to have forged the SSSC he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the…
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‘Allegations of certificate forgery against Kwara gov elect baseless’
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Mr Oluwafemi Yusuf, on Saturday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of a plot to distract the state’s governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, with the allegation that he forged the Senior Secondary School Certificate he presented for his election. Yusuf, who spoke to journalists in Ilorin,…
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Alleged certificate forgery: PDP to sanction three for dragging Adeleke to court
The Southwest Zonal office of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said three members of the party in Osun state including, Olalekan Awosiyan, Thomas Ojetade and Sina Awodire would be recommended for sanctions in accordance with the party’s constitution for “dragging the Peoples Democratic Party and its gubernatorial candidate in the last Osun election,…