₦airaland Forum

ALLEGED FORGED DOCUMENTS HEIGHTENS QUESTIONS OVER OBASEKI’S QUALIFICATION


By Chris Osa Ayemien Uhunmwangho


In the days ahead, the academic qualifications of the embattled Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki will be carefully scrutinized, after the Governor claimed to have recovered his misplaced WAEC results which contents have raised public interest and doubts on his claim to both secondary school and university education.

According to documents he tendered to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) alongside an affidavit before the last Edo State Governorship election, Godwin Obaseki claimed to have attended University of Ibadan, this particularly have raised so much concerns from party men, considering the fact that Governor Obaseki fails to meet the necessary requirements in his WAEC result which he claimed he use to secure his admission into the University of Ibadan, there are speculations that the Governor did not meet up with the required credits in the necessary subjects.

Though the Governor wrote in the affidavit that he attended University of Ibadan, he has also continued to maintain that all his certificates are missing in action without presenting Certified True Copies to confirm attendance and graduation. It is worthy of note that Certificates in Nigeria are usually public documents as captured by S.102 of the Evidence Act 2011 but Obaseki has failed to accept this position.

The discrepancy in Obaseki’s stated date of attending the University questions the truthfulness of his claim to have graduated from the tertiary institution. The discrepancies discovered in the documents are too clear to risk fielding Obaseki as a candidate.

This issue has becomes very crucial in view of the far-reaching implications of the provisions of section 182(1)(j) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) which is to the effect that, “ No person shall be qualified for election to the office of Governor of a State if—(j) he has presented a forged certificate to the independent National Electoral Commission.
Furthermore it has been decided in retinue of cases in Nigeria and by implication now a settled law that in determining whether a document has been forged, the following conditions should be in place;
(1) the existence of a document in writing;
(2) the document or writing is forged;
(3) that the forgery was by the person being accused(Obaseki );
(4) that the party(Obaseki) who made it(Obaseki) knew that the document was false; and
(5) the party(Obaseki) alleged intended the forged document to be acted upon as genuine.

It is now in the hands of the screening committee of the APC and the judiciary to decide the authenticity of the documents tendered by Godwin Obaseki who to the amusement of many has not traversed this serious position. The implication is that, an uncontroverted allegation is deemed accepted as the true state of facts. More so these contradictions are reflected in Obaseki’s affidavit which he submitted to INEC in 2016.

Therefore it will be wise to disqualify Mr Obaseki now in order not to risk the party losing out eventually to another party at the Tribunal.

Disqualify Obaseki Now

Chris Osa Ayemien Uhunmwangho, a public health practitioner, a member of APC and a political commentator writes in from Abuja.



http://chrisosamedia.com/alleged-forged-documents-heightens-questions-over-obasekis-qualification/

Does this imply that almost everyone at the helm of affairs in Nigeria is a criminal. This calls for serious concern among the technocrats in Nigeria to rise up and save us from shackles of these lawless individuals.

Nonsense write up.

daddytime:
Nonsense write up.

Is that the certificate?

Rolandonyi:
Does this imply that almost everyone at the helm of affairs in Nigeria is a criminal. This calls for serious concern among the technocrats in Nigeria to rise up and save us from shackles of these lawless individuals.

Seriously it calls for concerns

ChrisOsaEdo:
Is that the certificate?

Yes, it is.

What certificate does Oshio the tailor have for the eight years he lorded over you guys?

And i'm also very sure that the first time he presented Obaseki, his credentials were pristine and faultless.

Arrant rubbish for the docile who lack the ability to reason for themselves.