Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja have delivered a verdict on the alleged certificate forgery suit filed against the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki.
The judgment which was delivered on Saturday in a suit filed by the All Progressives Party (APC) and a chieftain of the party, Williams Edobor, against the governor has been dimmused abd ruled out by the court.
The APC and Edobor had filed the suit alleging Governor Godwin Obaseki og certificate forgery while seeking re-election in the Edo State governorship election held on September 19, 2020.
According to the plaintiffs, the certificate is aunthentic and was was issued by the University of Ibadan, the same in whuch the governor presented to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which conducted the poll.
Before Justice Mohammed delivered the judgement in the suit, counsels to both parties in the matter had closed their cases after they presented witnesses and evidence to the court.
During proceedings on Thursday, lawyer to the Plaintiffs, Akin Olujimi, adopted his final written address.
He urged the court to affirm their position that the governor presented a forged certificate to the electoral umpire and was unfit to occupy the office.
This was, however, rejected by Governor Obaseki’s counsel, Ken Mozia, who asked the court to dismiss the suit over what he described as the plaintiff’s failure to prove their case.
