The Edo State government has asked those challenging the certificates of Godwin Obaseki to approach the issuing institutions to verify the authenticity of his documents.

In a statement on Tuesday, the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy Crusoe Osagie who is described the controversy over Obaseki’s certificates as baseless and unfounded, stressed that the governor duly earned his certificates from the different educational institutions he attended and anyone raising issues about them was only being mischievous.

“The hullabaloo over the governor’s certificates is a lame and weak effort to cause crisis and stir unnecessary controversy. The governor’s displayed results are duly earned from the institutions he attended,” he said.

Osagie added, “If any individual or group of persons have issues with the results, they are free to approach the institutions to make inquiries as it concerns the authenticity of the particulars”.

“They are free to go to St. Mathews Anglican Primary School, Eghosa Grammar School, the University of Ibadan (UI) and others, to verify the results.”

He insisted that it was not the place of a political party to query an institution over the requirement for admitting its students.