Making contradictory statements and desperate media stunts in a bid to run down the soaring profile of the PDP Governorship candidate, Pastor Umo Eno, has clearly shown Mr Akan Okon as undeserving of a public office.
A senior citizen in the state, Elder Emmanuel Udosen in a reaction statement, described the forgery case instituted by former Commissioner, and defeated Governorship aspirant, Mr Okon
He said Mr. Okon’s petition against the PDP Governorship candidate, Pastor Eno is lacking in substance and coherence, hence ought to be discountenance by sane minds.
Elder Udosen’s statement titled; “ITU/IBIONO IBOM POLITICAL QUEST AND THE QUAGMIRE IN AKWA IBOM POLITICS”, expressed worry that a man who should know better is rather making mockery of himself by his recent actions.
Udosen who leads a group, Friends of Umo Eno League (FUEL) having x-rayed Akan Okon’s reply to the statement of defense in the case he instituted against Pastor Umo Eno, found it difficult to understand how an aspirant would forge two certificates with pass grades in only 4 subjects respectively.
Udosen who has served in the Justice sub-sector of Nigeria explained that he has seen and touched forged certificates, and drew the conclusion that about 99% of those who forge their certificates allot very high grades to themselves and clear all subjects at a sitting and not the reverse.
Elder Udosen pointed out that the same Akan Okon who is alleging certificate forgery against Umo Eno in one hand has turned around to admit that the certificates are actually genuine but that they belong to different people and not Pastor Umo Eno.
Akan Okon’s argument is that the certificate and the verification report from WAEC are different because the serial numbers has a slash sign(/) in one but not in the other.
According to Udosen; “Assuming, but not conceding, that there is serialization error by the issuing body, how does that support forgery by Umo Bassey Eno?
He also laughed off a verification report of one faceless NGO called “Association for Advancement of Democracy in Nigeria (AADN)” where a branch office of WAEC in Ogba Estate, Lagos State denied having the PDP candidate’s details in their database.
“Invariably, Akan Okon is saying there was no exams at all which gave birth to the certificates presented by the PDP candidate at the screening. In law, you don’t approbate and reprobate at the same time”
Reacting to the barrage of criticism that has trailed the release of Umo Eno’s certificate, Elder Udosen in his article challenged those still in doubt about the authenticity of the two certificates released to buy WAEC scratch card, type the PIN and get information about the result, rather than engaging in hearsay.”
“Now that the two certificates are already in the public domain, verification and authentication of same is not rocket science.
“All that one needs to do is to buy WAEC scratch card and type the PIN to get information about the result. I have done so in respect of the 1983 result and will advise the curious public to follow suit. So far, only the 1981 certificate will not pop up because, according to WAEC source, same is yet to be uploaded. But even at that, I believe the database of Victory High School where the master sheet of results are kept can clear every iota of doubt and same is also accessible to the public on demand.
“One will stand to wonder how the same WAEC can turn around and write to a faceless NGO denying having such particulars in their database”.
He further dismissed those still finding fault in Umo Eno’s certificate even while the matter is being determined in court, describing their argument as lacking in substance and coherence. Continue Reading
