Stories by Mumini Abdulkareem
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissociated itself from any involvement over the certificate scandal of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Gov-elect, AbdurRahman AbdulRazaq.
The PDP in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Tunde Ashaolu on Sunday forwarded to this medium last night said it wondered why anyone in his right senses would choose to blame or link the PDP with the certificate forgery case” of the Governor-elect.
It implored AbdurRahman to go to court to defend his alleged criminal offence of forging his WAEC certificate which he claimed to have obtained from Government College, Kaduna rather than pointing accusing fingers at the PDP.
The statement reads in part:
“Our attention has been drawn to a fictitious comment made by a chieftain of the APC in Kwara and published by a section of the media, accusing our party, the PDP of blackmailing the state’s governor-elect, AbdurRahman AbdulRazaq with the certificate forgery scandal he is enmeshed in.
“This accusation is not only false but also laughable, as the PDP has no link with the development. There is absolutely no basis to accuse or blame the PDP for AbdurRahman’s certificate forgery case which is currently before an Ilorin High court.
“For the avoidance of doubt, AbdurRahman was dragged to court by one Adekunle Oluwafemi Abraham over his involvement in certificate forgery. Abraham instituted the court case against the APC governorship candidate to challenge the authenticity of the WAEC result he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019 election.
“The claimant took the matter to court in his individual capacity, which is within his constitutional rights. He is not an official of the PDP and is not acting on behalf of the party. If PDP as a party wishes to seek redress on any matter in court, the legal department of the party will do that and not an individual.
“AbdurRahman still has some days left out of the 30-day ultimatum given to him by the court to defend the authenticity of his result, which he presented to INEC. Let him go and clear his name and stop using proxy to blame the PDP for his trial”.
