UPDATE: Akwa Ibom Governor-Elect in Certificate Forgery and Expulsion Scandal

The governor-elect in Akwa Ibom state, Umo Eno, has been alleged of being expelled as an undergraduate at the University of Uyo in 2005 for allegedly forging his O’level certificate.

As reported by TheCable, these claims were brought before the governorship election petition tribunal in Uyo by the gubernatorial candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Albert Bassey

The petition by Bassey marked AKW/GOV/01/2023 disclosed that the governor-elect 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.

Bassey’s legal team urged the tribunal to nullify Uno’s victor and withdraw his certificate of return as the state governor-elect as proclaimed 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.”