Osun Tribunal: Gov Adeleke speaks on judgement upholding certificate forgery allegation against him

The spokesperson for Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, Olawale Rasheed, has stated that his principal did not forge any certificates.

Rasheed claimed in a statement issued in Osogbo on Tuesday that the clarification was required as a result of a claim of forgery made against Adeleke in a portion of the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal’s ruling.

He asserted that Adeleke did not fabricate his testimonial or any other certificate and stated that the public should be aware of this. He described the claim as an effort to harm the governor’s reputation.

The statement read in part, “We seek to clarify a very sinister component of the Kangaroo judgement on Osun Governorship election. Governor Ademola Adeleke did not forge any certificate or testimonial. The issue of forgery has to do with an error on school testimonial which bears Osun instead of Oyo State. Osun State was part of Oyo State when Governor Adeleke completed his high school education in 1981.

“The issuing school testified before the Court of Appeal in 2018 that it was their error, which has nothing to do with Governor Adeleke. The Court of Appeal ruled that there was no forgery and exonerated Governor Adeleke of any forgery.

“The public should know that Governor Adeleke did not forge this testimonial or any certificate. This was an attempt to damage the reputation of Governor Adeleke. The tribunal chairman should explain how he arrived at his opinion when the Court of Appeal had cleared Governor Adeleke of any forgery.”