The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general elections, Pastor Umo Eno has been dragged before the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State for allegedly forging his certificate and falsifying his age by Akan Okon, a PDP aspirant in the State.
Okon has filed a suit asking the Federal High Court in Uyo to disqualify Eno as he was cleared in error by the party’s screening Committee to participate in the primary.
According to the court documents, Okon claimed Eno altered his date of birth resulting in three different dates of birth – 24/25 April 1964 and January 1, 1964.
The document filed by Okon states:
“The signature of Chairman of Council and the Registrar of Council on the certificate of the 2nd Defendant are all boldened but other certificates issued by the West African Examination Council for that year do not have boldened signatures of the principal officers of West African Examination Council. The implication is that the certificate of the 2nd Defendant has computer generated signatures of the Chairman and Registrar of the examining body.
“When certificate presented by the 2nd Defendant to the Governorship Screening Committee of the 1st Defendant is compared with genuine certificates issued by the examining body, it will be noticed that the letter CD and PO are the only boldened items, the alphanumeric that follow are not boldened as seen on the certificate presented by the 2nd Defendant.
“Photocopy of the certificate presented by the 2nd Defendant to the Screening Committee of the 1st Defendant fails to show the security background of the examining body. It only shows a white background.”
Okon added that the party’s governorship candidate presented forged voter’s cards and two forged West African School Certificates of 1981 and 1983 to the screening Committee.
The matter is scheduled to be heard on the 25th of June, 2022.
