A’Ibom gov-elect Eno in fresh battle of alleged certificate forgery

A’Ibom gov-elect Eno in fresh battle of alleged certificate forgery

Akwa Ibom governor-elect Umo Eno is facing a fresh battle of alleged expulsion from the University of Uyo in 2005 over certificate forgery.

Governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Albert Bassey, claimed in a petition filed at the election tribunal in Uyo that Eno was one of the students expelled from the university in 2005 for obtaining admission with a fake West African Examination Council (WAEC)/Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) certificate.

In the petition marked AKW/GOV/01/2023, Bassey through his lawyers, asked the tribunal to nullify the declaration and return of Eno as the winner of the governorship election in the state.

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He also said Eno was not qualified to contest the last governorship election because he presented a forged WAEC June 1981 certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during his nomination by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The petition read in part, “It was also revealed that while Eno Umo Bassey claimed to have used his WAEC/SSCE certificate of December 1998 to gain admission into the university, the admission for 1998/1999 academic session was in October 1998.

“Eno Umo Bassey was listed as No 19 in the University of Uyo’s senate list of expelled students dated 10th February 2005.”

But Eno, responding to the allegation through his lawyers, has filed a 63-paragraph statement denying forging the WAEC result.

He said he also possesses a Bachelor of Science and Master’s of Science degrees in political science and public administration from the University of Uyo.