Supreme Court Rejects APC’s Suit Challenging Obaseki’s Qualification

….Awards N1m Cost Against Party

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the All
Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the academic qualification
of the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki.

A panel of the apex court, in a judgment on Friday evening, held
that the appellants – APC and one of its chieftains, Edobor
Williams – failed to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt.

The court added that the appellants failed woefully to prove
their case as they did not provide any disclaimer from the school
that the certificate, whose authenticity they challenged, was not
issued to Obaseki by the institution.

It proceeded to uphold the March 18, 2021 judgment of the Court
of Appeal, which earlier affirmed the January 9, 2021 judgment of
the Federal High Court in Abuja upholding the authenticity of the
first decree certificate in Classics issued to Obaseki by the
University of Ibadan (UI).

….Awards N1m Cost Against Party

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the All
Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the academic qualification
of the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki.

A panel of the apex court, in a judgment on Friday evening, held
that the appellants – APC and one of its chieftains, Edobor
Williams – failed to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt.

The court added that the appellants failed woefully to prove
their case as they did not provide any disclaimer from the school
that the certificate, whose authenticity they challenged, was not
issued to Obaseki by the institution.

It proceeded to uphold the March 18, 2021 judgment of the Court
of Appeal, which earlier affirmed the January 9, 2021 judgment of
the Federal High Court in Abuja upholding the authenticity of the
first decree certificate in Classics issued to Obaseki by the
University of Ibadan (UI).