An official of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), Olufemi Olaleye, today appeared before the Ogun State election petition tribunal without a copy of Governor Dapo Abiodun’s certificate.
The examination council had earlier been subpoenaed by the tribunal to produce a copy of Dapo Abiodun’s 1978 WAEC certificate as attached to the form he filled with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
This followed an allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ladi Adebutu, that Abiodun forged his WAEC certificate.
According to olaleye, the exam body does not keep duplicate certificates, insisting that the governor has to send his original certificate to the body for verification.Olaleye was discharged immediately he was recorded as having testified before the tribunal as PW73.
In his petition, Adebutu stated that Abiodun allegedly presented a forged West African Examinations Council School Certificate of June 1978 to the 1st Respondent (INEC) on July 25, 2022.
