A governorship Candidate of the Liberation Movement (LM) in the last election in Bayelsa State, Vijah Opuama, has approached...
A governorship Candidate of the Liberation Movement in the last election in Bayelsa State, Vijah Opuama, has approached the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja seeking the disqualification of the newly sworn-in Deputy Governor, Mr. Lawrence Ewrujakpor.
He said in a statement of facts to support the petition: “I know that the 4th Respondent was admitted into Rivers State University of Science and Technology in the year 1991. The 4th Respondent is given notice to produce his admission letter into Rivers State University of Science and Technology to read Secretarial Administration.
“I know that it is upon University Senate issued certificate that a candidate’s name and result is forwarded to National Your Service Corps for call-up to National Youth Service or exemption as the case may be. “The 4th Respondent knows that his purported Degree certificate dated 3rd February 1998 contains false information and is forged in that it ought to be issued before the date on his NYSC exemption certificate and/or in 1994/1995 when he was eligible for NYSC”.
“Petitioner avers that a candidate is not qualified to contest election into two different constituency election within the same election year or circle.
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