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Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of Ondo, has reacted to the allegation of certificate forgery levelled against him by a socio-political group in the state.

On Monday, the Ondo State Redemption Initiative (OSRI) accused the governor of “forging a certificate he claimed to have gotten from the University of Ibadan”.

In a statement, Adebayo Ogunsanmi, the group’s president, said Aiyedatiwa’s educational claims have been exposed as a fraud.

He warned the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state against fielding him in the forthcoming governorship election.

“He claimed to have acquired an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Ibadan in 2001 but checks have proved that an Advanced diploma in business administration was not available at the University of Ibadan as of 2001,” Ogunsanmi had said.

Responding to the allegation, Ebenezer Adeniyan, the chief press secretary to Aiyedatiwa, described the group as faceless.

Adeniyan asked the group to provide evidence to back their claims.

“Forgery is a weighty allegation, nobody should bring that allegation without evidence. His documents were screened by the electoral body committee and nobody sued him,” he said.

“The man was elected over three years ago and nobody wrote anything against him that he forged the certificate, now because he has become the governor they were now accusing him of certificate forgery. This group should provide evidence of this certificate forgery against him. 

“This group is faceless, you can’t find them on Facebook or at the registry of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), they have no identity, we are not saying people should not do campaign and we cannot stop it. But when people bring an allegation, they should come with evidence.”