Alleged Certificate Forgery: Obaseki to open defence January 5

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The trial judge, Ahmed Mohammed, adjourned the matter on Monday for Mr Obaseki to open his defence on January 5, after the APC closed its case after calling six witnesses.

The APC and one of its chieftains, Williams Edobor, sued Mr Obaseki for allegedly forging his University of Ibadan degree certificate.

They said he submitted the certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission as part of his educational qualification to contest the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo.The fifth and sixth witnesses, Gabriel Iduseri and Maikano Asekomhe, in their testimonies, claimed that Mr Obaseki forged his university of Ibadan certificate because of alleged discrepancies in the Certified True Copies they said they obtained from INEC.

Mr Iduseri, who claimed to be the current Caretaker Zonal Youth leader of the APC, however, admitted that he had never seen Mr Obaseki’s original University of Ibadan degree certificate.Similarly, Mr Asekomhe, who claimed to be an Associate Professor of Banking and Finance at the Benson Idahosa University, Benin, also said he had never seen Mr Obaseki’s original certificate.

 

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