An Akure-based lawyer, Mr Femi, Emmanuel Emodamori, has faulted claim by the Ondo State Commissioner for Energy, Engr Razaq Obe, that the signature of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu was forged by some officials of government, having subjected the signature to forensic examination.
The legal practitioner observed that the allegations raised by the commissioner were incoherent and lacking substance.
In a statement issued yesterday, Emodamori said the commissioner was one of the few members of the State Executive Council loyal to the state deputy governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, hence the allegations raised.
Besides, he faulted the forensic examination the signature was subjected to, saying that the basis of examining the signature was not accepted.
He said “I read the letter written to the Ondo State Deputy-Governor by the State’s Honourable Commissioner for Energy, Engr. Rasaq Obe. In the letter, the Commissioner claimed that he transmitted a file to the State Governor, and it returned with a signature and handwriting which he considered irregular, consequent upon which he sent it together with other known signatures and handwriting of the Governor to a forensic expert for examination.
“The forensic report, according to him, confirmed that the signature of Governor Akeredolu was forged on an official document relating to his own Ministry. As a legal practitioner trained to have a very inquisitive mind, I have some fundamental observations touching on the authenticity or credibility of the letter and purported forensic report in the first place.”
Credit: The Nigeria Lawyer