[[b]b]PDP admits error in Obaseki’s certificate
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Bisi Olaniyi, Southsouth Bureau Chief


THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has admitted the error in Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki’s University of Ibadan (UI) certificate.


It blamed the photocopying machine for the error.

The error disqualified Obaseki from seeking a second term on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

A petition by the Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its governorship candidate, Iboi Emmanuel, accused Obaseki of forgery, giving false information and perpetuating electoral malpractices.

The party prayed the tribunal to disqualify Obaseki for his controversial first degree certificate and nullify the votes cast for him. It also prayed the tribunal to order the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh election, involving other qualified candidates, but excluding PDP and Obaseki.

But PDP, in its reply to ADP and Emmanuel on Tuesday, said there was a mix-up in Obaseki’s admission and graduation year.

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The party also admitted that despite the error, Obaseki observed the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. It added that the petition was incompetent and statute barred, describing it as a pre-election matter ‘which the tribunal could not entertain’.

It said: “While filling the forms for the election in 2016, Obaseki mistakenly filled in 1976 as the year of graduation, which was actually the year of his admission into UI.

“At the time Obaseki was completing his Form CF001 in 2016, he deposed to an affidavit, saying he had misplaced the originals of all his certificates, while changing offices, with the intention to apply for a re-issuance of the certificates.

“Subsequently, before Obaseki submitted his Form EC9 in 2020, the original certificate issued by UI was found, which has the signatures of then Vice Chancellor and Registrar. The original certificate was issued in A5 size. However, in order for the photocopy to be attached to the Form CF001, the size was reduced to A4 and in the process, leaving out some information on it.

“The tribunal lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the petition because it is statute barred; the issues raised by the petitioners are averments which are not relevant in determining the petition…

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Nigeria's problem large like whale

So na true

Then the court should do the needful na

Which kind excuses be dis nitori olohun

Photocopy machine fault
He mistakenly wrote another year
A5-A4

Nigeria wahala be like bicycle

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And the party didn’t see the error before submitting the documents? Funny how Naija politicians reason.

Forgery!

The court is not blind its called a typographical error. The.court often request for Other proofs to butress claims, they don't give blind judgement
I once had a case 1999 where someone owing me N125,000 present a receipt my cashier wrote in figures my cashier wrote N12,500 only..but in words he wrote one hundred and twenty five thousand

My opponents was thinking he got a proof. But when the court says that we should supply further evidence

We brought out his file. And reconcile it to 125k exactly. He couldn't prove it was12.5' that he was owing because no receipt to prove it

The court fine him 10k for abuse of court process .

The same way Obaseki result case will end in huge fine for.the plaintiff

Note it