The Action Congress
of Nigeria (ACN) in Ondo State and its candidate for Owo constituency I
in the state House of Assembly, Ogunoye Folashade have levelled charges
of alleged certificate forgery against the Labour Party (LP)
legislator-elect in the area, Samuel Arowele. This was contained in a
petition they submitted to the Ondo State Election petitions tribunal.
Counsel to the ACN
candidate, Titiloye Charles and Bisi Ayeni in the 23-page petition
filed at the tribunal, averred that Mr Arowele’s primary school and
ordinary level certificate (WAEC/GCE) certificates were forged. They
also argued that the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye
diploma certificate presented by Mr Arowele was also a fake.
The party stressed
that the lawmaker-elect could not have gained admission to study
business administration in any university with one credit in Yoruba at
WAEC/GCE.
The ACN further
averred that the suspect certificate was issued from the office of an
unspecified director of OOU and not from the office of the registrar or
Vice Chancellor of the Ogun State-owned institution.
Nullify election
The party insisted
that the LP’s candidate did not hold any certificate he presented to
INEC and urged the tribunal to nullify the declaration of Mr Arowele as
legislator-elect and order fresh election in the constituency. It also
urged the tribunal to order INEC to prosecute the legislator-elect.
