NYSC, UNN disowned ex-minister Nnaji’s certificates, ICPC witness tells court.
AN investigator with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Yakubu Ibrahim, yesterday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the University of Nigeria (UNN) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) disowned the degree and discharge certificates presented by former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, to the Senate for his ministerial screening in 2023.
The witness, Superintendent of Police, Yakubu Ibrahim, testified as the first prosecution witness in the trial of Nnaji, who is facing a six-count charge bordering on alleged corruption, fraud, conferring corrupt advantage and providing false information through the alleged presentation of forged university degree and national service certificates.
The investigator, who was led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, J.
Mumini (SAN), said he was part of the ICPC team that investigated two petitions against the defendant. The witness said his team was assigned to investigate the matter after the commission received two separate petitions alleging certificate forgery against Nnaji. He said the Chairman of the Special Task Force directed an investigation, prompting the commission to request relevant documents from the National Assembly, the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). He told the court that the team wrote to UNN to authenticate the Bachelor of Science certificate in Microbiology/Biochemistry allegedly submitted by Nnaji to the Senate.
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