{"id":22812,"date":"2020-06-29T14:45:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22812"},"modified":"2020-06-29T14:45:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:45:45","slug":"certificate-forgery-court-sacks-suit-against-obaseki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22812","title":{"rendered":"CERTIFICATE FORGERY: Court sacks suit against Obaseki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A suit accusing Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki of certificate forgery has been sacked by a Federal High Court in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suit had claimed the governor<\/a> forged his academic certificate and prayed the court to disqualify him from taking part in the upcoming governorship election in the state over the alleged forgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suit was filed by Edobor Williams, Ugesia Godwin and Amedu Anakhu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when the matter came up in the court on Monday, June 29, Obaseki\u2019s accusers, their lawyers and even the governor were seen in the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, the presiding judge, Justice Anwuli Chikere, struck out the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obaseki recently dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC)<\/a> after he was screened out from the party\u2019s primary election over supposed discrepancies in his academic certificates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The governor, who later joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is now the party\u2019s governorship candidate for the September 19, gubernatorial election in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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