The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has urged the police to prosecute the APC member-elect for Ovia North East Constituency I, Dumez Onaiwu Ugiagbe, over alleged forgery.
Addressing journalists at the weekend in Benin, the PDP candidate for the election, Nosa Victor Omoregie, alleged that photograph on the certificate of Ugiagbe for the November/December 2001 West Africa Examination Council was different from the one attached to the photocopy submitted to INEC for the election.
He said they wrote to the examination body to authenticate Ugiagbe’s result and got a reply four days later in which they discovered that the slip carried different passports.
However, Ugiagbe denied the allegation, saying the certificate belonged to him, noting that he had to petition the force headquarters in Abuja because he did not have confidence in the police in Benin.
“I told my lawyer to write to Abuja so that the matter can be investigated properly. All he is saying is not true. The matter is in court and my lawyer is handling it. He lost election. So, he should take it in good faith instead of bringing the issue of certificate forgery.”
