Following allegation that Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, did not graduate from university, the management of the University of Ibadan (UI) has confirmed that indeed Godwin Obaseki, graduated from the institution.
This was made known in a statement issued on Wednesday by the registrar of university, Olubunmi Faluyi.
“Mr Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, the Governor of Edo State graduated from the University of Ibadan where he studied Classics,” the statement read.
“Obaseki gained admission to the University in 1976 and graduated in 1979 with a Second Class Honours, Lower Division.
“Records of his Admission and Graduation are intact in the archives of the University.”
However, following a suit filed against Obaseki, Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who has been at loggerheads with the governor, also asked the party’s screening committee to investigate the allegation.
“Someone should approach the UI and end this matter once and for all. If the certificate Obaseki parades is that of the UI, find out how did he pass senate screening of those days? I’m aware that in those days when this man never dreamt of becoming a governor, every student, no matter your status or your family name, must pass the screening,” he said.
“It is done every third term at the UNN (University of Nigeria Nsukka), then we ran terminal not semester programme. The final screening was in the third year, before you go in for your final year.
“How comes the UI allowed him then. Did he do a remedial? which was not unlikely. These are questions. Many came in especially in education and linguistics, did remedial for one year and if the result was good, gained direct entry and graduated three years after.’’
