Akwa Ibom Governor-elect, Umo Eno accused of certificate forgery and expulsion

The Akwa Ibom state Governor-elect Umo Eno, has been accused of being expelled as an undergraduate from the University of Uyo in 2005 for allegedly forging his O'level certificate.

According to reports, the claim was brought before the governorship election petition tribunal in Uyo by the Young Progressives Party (YPP) gubernatorial candidate, Albert Bassey.

In the petition marked AKW/GOV/01/2023, it was disclosed that the Umo Eno was expelled from the institution after it was discovered that he had used a fake West African Examination Council (WAEC)/Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) certificate to obtain admission into the school.

Bassey is however calling on the tribunal to nullify Umo’s victory and withdraw his certificate of return as the governor-elect of Akwa Ibom as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The petition reads:

“It was also revealed that while Eno Umo Bassey claimed to have used his WAEC/SSCE certificate of December 1998 to gain admission into the university, the admission for 1998/1999 academic session was in October 1998,” the petition reads.

“Eno Umo Bassey was listed as No 19 in the University of Uyo’s senate list of expelled students dated 10th February 2005.”