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Godwin Obaseki and Certificate Scam

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The battle for the governorship of Edo State is taking a new turn as news about incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki and an alleged certificate scam has emerged.

There are questions about his WAEC certificate which he submitted at the All Progressives Congress secretariat in Abuja. The certificates were made public by the party.

However, from the assessment of contenders, the Governor was found not to have gotten the number of credits required by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to gain admission into the University. He got 3 credits and 3 passes in his West African Examination Council examination.

The results gleaned at the APC secretariat include: English – P7, Literature – P7, CRK – C6, History – A3, Geography – C6, Chemistry – P8

Governor Obaseki is said to have passed only three of his subjects in WAEC following which he enrolled at the Institute of Continous Education between 1976 and 1979.

Having brushed up his academic credentials at the Institute, he proceeded to the University of Ibadan where he studied Classics.

There are insinuations that Godwin Obaseki’s candidacy is threatened since he did not pass the requisite 5 subjects that make him eligible for position of governor. . However, some Edo indigenes wonder how he emerged governor in his current tenure if his academic qualification was in doubt.

Speaking on the subject, Abubakar Aliyu wondered people are only just speaking about Governor Godwin Obaseki and Certificate scam. The quest how the scaled the hurdles to emerge governor the first time: he asked

Abubakar A Aliyu
@AbubakarAAliyu7
“If he will be disqualify because of certificate forgery, how managed he cross screening in his 1st term?and what will happen to him as he duped Edo people and became their gov for 4yrs with fake papers?or that offense has no punishment in our constitution? Nigeria we hail thee.”

Others say that if his alma mater have not denied that he was their student, the he has not case to answer.

According to @NosaOmede
“Let’s leave all these online speculations. Let @UniIbadan & #EghosaGramSchl say he was never their student, We’ll shame him. Until then, it’s all just politics.” 
Godwin Obasek and APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole have been embroiled in a supremacy battle for the past couple of months.
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