The supreme court has dismissed a certificate forgery suit against Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Williams Edobor, a
chieftain of the party, had filed a suit against Obaseki, accusing him of
forging the first degree certificate which he submitted to the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enable him contest the governorship
election.
But the governor had insisted that the error on the copy of
his certificate, which he submitted to INEC, was made by a photocopying
machine.
Also, Abayomi Ajayi, an official of the legal unit of the
University of Ibadan who was summoned to testify as a defence witness, had told
the court that the institution issued a Bachelor of Arts certificate to Obaseki
in 1979.
After losing out at the trial court and the court of appeal,
the appellants went ahead to the supreme court seeking an upturn of the
verdicts.
In a unanimous decision on Friday, a five-member panel of
justices of the apex court held that the appellants failed to prove their case
against Obaseki.
Emmanuel Agim, who read the lead judgment, held that the
appellants woefully failed to substantiate their forgery allegation against the
governor.
The court dismissed the appeal and awarded N1 million cost
against the appellants.
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