School Principal Under Pressure To Produce Attestation For Deputy Governor-Elect Who Allegedly Forged Certificates—Investigation

<h4><strong>School Principal Under Pressure To Produce Attestation For Deputy Governor-Elect Who Allegedly Forged Certificates<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that at the moment&comma; the entire political landscape of Kebbi State and its environs is engulfed in unbelievable moves by the deputy governor-elect to twist his alleged forged certificates narratives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to fresh information&comma; the Deputy Governor-elect&comma; Sen&period; Umar Abubakar&comma; who has represented Kebbi North in the Senate and who was  presented with a certificate of returns by the Resident Electoral Commissioner &lpar;REC&rpar; for Kebbi state&comma; Alhaji Muhammad Mahmoud Bello in Birnin-Kebbi on April 19 allegedly forged his school certificates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Insiders revealed to us that Senator <strong>Umar<&sol;strong> wrote a letter to the Permanent Secretary &comma; Ministry of Basic Education and Secondary Education in Sokoto&comma; Mr Lawal Saddiq Sanusi applying for the certified true copy of his testimonial’&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the letter&comma; he alleged that he was a student of Sultan Abubakar College between 1974 and 1979 with the admission number 958&period; He requested for the certified true copy of the testimonial and secondly&comma; for a letter of attachment and confirmation that the testimonial bearing Umaru Abubakar belongs to him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the Principal of the school refused to play ball alleging he has no official record with the school&period; Re-Application for Certified True Copy of Testimonial and a Letter of Attestation for Umaru Abubakar&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the  principal of the school he claimed to have attended is under intense fire right now by the Permanent Secretary to produce attestation for the Deputy Governor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The name Umaru Abubakar is not on the list of students who graduated and were issued testimonials in 1979&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Neither the Examinations Records nor any of the school records  listed the name of  Umaru Abubakar as having sat for Teachers Grade ll examinations in 1982&comma; or to be among students who were issued testimonials in 1982 as indicated in the testimonial attached by Senator Umaru Abubakar Argungu&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The attached copy of the testimonial of Umaru Abubakar does not carry the  name of the issuing officer&comma; which is not the tradition of the school&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> a response to the inquiry stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the story&comma; t<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">he Deputy Governor was allegedly dismissed from the Sultan Abubakar College Sokoto<&sol;a> which was then a Teachers Training College during a mock examination alongside 15 others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;20796" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-20796" style&equals;"width&colon; 224px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-20796" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;Umar&period;jpg" alt&equals;"School Principal Under Pressure To Produce Attestation For Deputy Governor-Elect Who Allegedly Forged Certificates" width&equals;"224" height&equals;"224" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-20796" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Senator Abubakar Umar&comma; Kebbi Deputy Governor-Elect<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;