Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele of a Benin High Court has ordered the Police to produce member-elect representing Ovia North-East I in the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA), Dumez Onaiwu Ugiagbe.
The court handed out the order in a case of six-count charge bordering on forgery against Ugiagbe after the defendant failed to show up during hearing on Friday.
Ugiagbe was said to be on administrative bail when the matter came up for hearing.
With the absence of the defendant in court to take his plea, Hon. Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele, adjourned the case to Friday, November 1, and ordered the Police to produce Dumez in court on the new date.
The Police had concluded their investigations on an allegation that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by Dumez for the 2019 State Assembly election had his passport superimposed on it.
WAEC officials had revealed that the passport on the original certificate in their database wasn’t Dumez’s, thereby raising the suspicion of certificate forgery.
