The continuing authorized battle over certificates forgery involving Akan Okon; the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno and the electoral physique, Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) on the Federal Excessive Court docket, Uyo, has taken an fascinating flip, paperwork completely obtained by SaharaReporters have revealed.
Okon, a contestant within the Could 25 governorship main of the PDP in Akwa Ibom is dragging Eno, the winner of the stated election to court docket on the allegations that he’s utilizing a solid West Africa Senior Secondary Certificates Examination lead to his bid to change into the governor of the state.
In response to an authentic copy of a letter completely obtained by our SaharaReporters, the examination physique, West African Examinations Council (WAEC) confirmed that Umo Eno’s certificates doesn’t exist in its data.
Within the letter dated eighth April 2022 and signed by T. A. Ademola, WAEC Exams and Data, whereas responding to a request for affirmation of Eno’s 1983 outcomes, the examination physique said that it couldn’t certify the certificates as a result of it didn’t challenge it.
“That is to inform you that the certificates No. PO 275878 A for candidate No. 15725119 of December 1983 submitted for certification by you doesn’t exist in our data therefore we can’t certify what we didn’t challenge,” the letter learn.
Responding to Okon’s earlier assertion of declare to the Federal Excessive Court docket, Eno in his assertion of defence denied all of the allegations.
His written defence was accompanied by a replica of ‘Affirmation of End result’.
The paperwork filed by Pastor Eno are ‘Affirmation of End result’ for his 1981 and 1983 certificates which had been addressed to the Legal professional Basic/Commissioner for Justice of Akwa Ibom State.
Nonetheless, Okon, by means of his attorneys, has opened extra loopholes in Eno’s assertion of defence by highlighting extra discrepancies within the affirmation of the outcomes.
In response to Okon’s reply, whereas the 1983 affirmation of outcomes has Eno Umo Bassey because the candidate’s identify, the 1981 model has Bassey Umo Eno because the candidate’s identify, including that WAEC doesn’t have Umo Eno because the holder of Could/June 1981 GCE O/L however the identify of Bassey Umo Eno.
“Having equipped the identify of the candidate that wrote the examination in 1981, the analyzing physique indicated within the final paragraph of her letter thus: ‘You’ll have to fulfill your self that he/she and Bassey Umo Eno of our file, are one and the identical particular person,’” Okon famous.
Okon additional famous that there’s a disparity within the identify of the college. He said that whereas the certificates carries Victory Excessive Faculty, Ikeja because the examination centre, the Affirmation of End result bears Victory Excessive Faculty ‘1’, Ikeja.
One other disparity highlighted was within the topics. Within the 1981 Certificates, “Spiritual Data” is recorded as one of many 4 topics, whereas “Bible Data” is without doubt one of the six topics within the Affirmation of End result.
Within the 1981 certificates, the candidate quantity 15520232 has no punctuation mark inserted in between the digits, and the 1981 affirmation of consequence has 15520/232 because the candidate quantity with a slash (/).
Similar to within the case of the 1981 certificates and affirmation of outcomes, the principle certificates of the 1983 WAEC has 15725119 (with out punctuation signal) as candidate quantity whereas his affirmation of consequence for a similar 12 months has candidate quantity (15725/119) with a slash.
“The implication flowing from the discrepancies within the certificates introduced by the 2nd Defendant to the first Defendant for his screening exhibits him as having names specifically; Bassey Umo Eno – 1981 WAEC consequence; Eno Umo Bassey – 1983 WAEC consequence; Umo Bassey Eno – identify used on his software to the first Defendant,” Okon added.
Okon’s reply additional said, “Because the coverage of West African Examination Council, inside candidates writing the examination for the primary time and even thereafter must enter a minimal of eight (8) topics, together with English Language and Arithmetic. The Affirmation of End result issued by the Analyzing Physique present that Bassey Umo Eno entered for six (6) topics, excluding English Language, a obligatory topic.
“The certificates relied upon by 2nd Defendant, other than not bearing his identify has different hanging distinctions from the letter of affirmation of consequence issued by the analyzing physique and so the certificates introduced on the screening of the first Defendant was not and may by no means have been his certificates”.
It may be recalled that in his assertion of declare, Okon had alleged that Eno’s identify doesn’t exist in INEC’s database as a registered voter as a result of his voter card was solid.
As well as, a photocopy of Eno’s voter card submitted to the PDP screening committee bears 01-01-1964 as his date of start however his curriculum vitae and credentials bear twenty fourth April, 1964.
Okon, in his reply to Eno’s defence, additional emphasised that he doesn’t have an genuine voter card.
“In reply to paragraph 11 of the assertion of defence of the 2nd Defendant, the Plaintiff shall on the trial of this case depend on the licensed true copy of the voter’s register of Unit 06 Ward 02, Nsit Ubium Native Authorities Space, Akwa Ibom State along with the related sections of his pleadings in paragraph 7 of the assertion of declare to indicate that the 2nd Defendant doesn’t have any genuine voter’s card.
“The Plaintiff, due to this fact, pleads that having solid his certificates and the college he purportedly attended, the 2nd Defendant should have been disqualified from taking part within the primaries and that having taken half within the stated primaries, his votes should be declared void votes and the Plaintiff having scored the best legitimate votes should declared and introduced because the candidate of the first Defendant to fly the flag of 1st Defendant within the 2023 Governorship election.”
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