Politics

Show Edo people your found missing certificate, PDP tells Obaseki

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8 years ago

August 18, 2016

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has challenged Godwin Obaseki, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, to publicly display the missing certificates he claimed to have found.

The party by implication, also reiterated an initial allegation, that Governor Adams Oshiomhole, Edo APC chairman, Mr. Anslem Ojezua and the party’s Deputy governorship candidate, Hon. Philip Shaiubu have no certificates.

This is as the PDP challenged them to show Edo people their certificates, adding that the PDP State chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, PDP governorship candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu and running mate, John Yakubu will do the same and leave the press and Edo people to judge.

The party in a statement issued by its state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, said “We can throw in the certificate of the last elected PDP governor of Edo State, Prof Osunbor to balance the equation.

“We hear that Mr. Godwin Obaseki is now saying that he has found his certificate in faraway New York, a situation that is reminiscent of the ‘Chicago’ brouhaha!

“He claims that he has had no reason to use his certificate in 25 years meaning when he returned to Nigeria, he didn’t need it to apply for his job. Maybe he told his employers then too, that his certificate was missing. We have cause to believe that nobody has ever seen or sighted the certificates of Mr. Godwin Obaseki and our challenge is hereby repeated.

“Let Governor Oshiomhole, candidates Godwin Obaseki and Phillip Shuaibu as well as Chairman Anslem show their certificates to Edo People. The PDP State Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, Candidates Ize-Iyamu and John Yakubu will do same and let the press and Edo people be the judge.’’

Obaseki had claimed his academic credentials got missing while he was moving his office from one place to another and swore an affidavit in an Abuja Court in respect to that.

But on Wednesday August 17, he said he had found the missing original copies, saying those raising false alarm over the issue are only scared of his credentials.

By Ebere Ndukwu …

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