CERTIFICATES: Obaseki fires back as Aide says governor duly earned his documents

*Declares all allegationsas baseless, unfounded

*As observers blame Oshiomole, warn him against slippery terrain

Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has described the hullabaloo over Governor Godwin Obaseki’s certificates as baseless, unfounded and diversionary, charging those raising eyebrows over the certificates to approach the issuing institutions to verify the authenticity of the particulars.

Osagie, in a statement, said the governor duly earned his certificates from the different educational institutions he attended and anyone raising issues about them is only being mischievous.

According to him, “The hullabaloo over the governor’s certificates is a lame and weak effort to cause crisis and stir unnecessary controversy. The governor’s displayed results are duly earned from the institutions he attended.

“If any individual or group of persons have issues with the results, they are free to approach the institutions to make enquiries as regards the authenticity of the particulars.

“They are free to go to St. Mathews Anglican Primary School; Eghosa Grammar School, the University of Ibadan (UI) and others, to verify the results.”

On issues over how the governor gained admission to the University of Ibadan with his results, Osagie said, “the criteria for admission is the sole preserve of the institution and anyone with issues over the criteria can also approach the institution for clarification.

“It is not the place of a political party to query an institution over the requirement for admitting its students,” he said.

In the meantime, a word of caution has gone to the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, being the handwriting seen on the wall of this certificate.

Observers are asking him to tread with a lot of cautions as floor of such politicking, when it slips, may not lead him to a good ground.

According to a source, “As if this is the first time Obaseki would be presenting his certificates for political contest. If Oshiomole is not careful, what he has started is capable of not leading him to a better place in terms of reputation and, for now, I won’t say more than this.”