Certificate forgery: Allegation against Kwara governor-elect laughable

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the allegation that
Kwara governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq forged his Senior
Secondary School Certificate (SSSC).

Kwara Governor-elect Abdulrahman Abdulrazak

The party said the allegation is not only laughable, but also that
those spreading the falsehood are engaged in a futile exercise.

The governor-elect was alleged to have forged the SSSC he presented
to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the state’s
gubernatorial election.

Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC National Publicity Secretary said in a
statement on Thursday in Abuja, that the allegation was politically
motivated.

“Our attention has been drawn to the politically sponsored allegation
against the APC Kwara governor- elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq,
that he forged the SSSC he presented for election.

“We understand the desperation of the sponsors of this campaign of
calumny to get power through the back door after the crushing defeat
they suffered from Kwara electorate in the last general elections.

“While it is the right of the rejected opposition and their proxies
to approach the election tribunal relying on their flimsy and false
claims, we assure Kwarans that it is an exercise in futility,” he said.

Issa-Onilu said the allegation would surely come to nought, adding
that challenging the popular mandate given to Abdulrazaq amounted to
mere shadow boxing.

He noted that the outcome of the elections in Kwara was an expression
of a collective resolve of Kwara electorate for a new progressive order
that had long eluded the state.

He, however, stressed that the APC was confident in the Kwara
governor-elect, affirming that all documents he submitted to INEC for
the election were authentic.

He, therefore, urged APC members in Kwara not to exercise any doubt
about the governor-elect, but to gear up for the task of setting the
state on a path to progress under Abdulrazaq.