BREAKING: Apa/Agatu reps member, Godday Samuel arraigned in court for allegedly forging his certificate

The House of Representatives Member for Apa /Agatu Federal Constituency, Hon Godday Odagboyi Samuel, was today arraigned before Justice Baba Husseine of the Federal High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja judicial division, for a two count charge on alleged perjury.

When the charges were read out to Godday in the Court, ” that you Hon Samuel Odagboyi Godday of the National Assembly (NASS) Abuja, FCT on or about 18th October, 2018 while at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court did intentionally furnish false information to wit your Educational Qualification years to complete INEC Form CF001 for the Apa/Agatu Federal House of Representative Electuon 2019 under the flagship of the Labour Party knowing it to be false and submitted same at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Headquarters in Abuja to deliberately mislead INEC into believing it as true and thereby committed an offense contrary to section 140 of the penal code.

” That you Hon Godday did intentionally make false declaration on oath at the High Court Registry FCT, Abuja that all the answers, facts and particulars you have given in INEC form CF001 are true and correct but knowing it to be false and thereby committed an offense contrary to section 164 and punishable under section 158 of the penal code”.

Godday pleaded not guilty to the two count charge.

Counsel to Godday, Godwin Obla SAN, asked the court to grant his client (Godday) bail on self recognition, which the lead Prosecutor D. O Otula Esq and the lead Counsel to the Claimant, S. U Sule SAN, did not objected to, and the case adjourned to 13th, October, 2021.

A Makurdi based legal practitioner opined that the plausible deniability of the defendant is very difficult to be sustained deriving from the non refutal of a circulated letter he wrote to INEC with attached affidavit admitting to an error of commission.

However, the political hemisphere in the Constituency is tensed with suspense, awaiting the ruling from the Court.