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| Senator Hope Uzodimma |
The Senator representing Imo West senatorial district in the
National Assembly, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has declared that he has no objection
to public scrutiny of his academic records as he has no skeleton in the
cupboards.
Reacting to the suit filed by a Lagos-based lawyer, Festus
Keyamo, asking a Federal High Court to grant him (Keyamo) leave to apply for an
order compelling the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to release the
original copy of his (Uzodimma) West African Senior School Certificate (WASSC),
Uzodimma said he would not lose sleep over the matter as his academic records
were genuine.
The senator, who at present on the President Goodluck
Jonathan’s delegation to China, in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Hon. Declan Emelumba, affirmed that he
graduated from the Mgbidi Boys’ Secondary
School, Imo State, where he obtained his WAEC certificate.
“If WAEC is refusing to give Keyamo my results as he
alleged, let him go to the school, verify and obtain my
result. Still, he can come to me and I will make a copy available to him if he
so wishes.
“As a public figure, security agencies carried out
several checks on me before allowing me
to contest the senatorial election
in 2011 and at no time was I found wanting or my academic credentials in
doubt .
“It is therefore funny that people will wake up and begin to
say things to suit their purpose.
“I have severally been accused of certificate forgery by the
same people but it has turned out to be unfounded but only in the minds of
those that make these allegations.
“This would not be the first time Keyamo will go to court
for my sake.
“In 2010, during the run up to the 2011 general elections,
he petitioned my party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over my credentials
and integrity to contest for an elective office. He alleged so many things but in the end, my party found these to be
false and baseless and I was cleared
leading to my winning the election by
garnering 85,042 votes ahead of my
closest rival and former Imo State Governor, Achike Udenwa, who polled
64,228 votes,” he explained.
Uzodimma however accused a former senator who he said was
aggrieved over his defeat in the last election, for recruiting Keyamo to
denigrate his (Uzodimma) person, stressing that a serving governor from the
South-east region has now joined the fray to distract and discredit him ahead
of the 2015 polls because of his (Uzodimma) clout and popularity among the
people. He therefore appealed to his constituents to remain calm as he was
taking all the necessary legal options to address the issue.
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