NYSC Identifies Irregularities in Certificate Linked To Ex-Minister Nnaji

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has recognized a number of irregularities within the certificates linked to former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Geoffrey Nnaji, insisting that the doc was not issued by the scheme.

The disclosure was made on Wednesday on the Federal High Court in Abuja, the place Yusuf Abubakar Jumare, an Assistant Director within the NYSC Department of Certification, testified because the second prosecution witness in Nnaji’s ongoing trial.

Jumare advised Justice Joyce Abdulmalik that an investigation performed by his division, following a request from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), established that the certificates was faux.

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Explaining the findings, the witness stated the certificates quantity purportedly issued in 1985 carried the prefix “A”, which the NYSC solely launched in 1990.

He additionally famous that the call-up quantity on the doc contained 4 digits, whereas certificates issued in 1985 carried five-digit call-up numbers.

According to him, the doc additional indicated a 13-month service interval as an alternative of the required 12 calendar months and lacked the signature of the NYSC Director-General who served on the time.

The ICPC is prosecuting Nnaji over allegations of certificates forgery and cash laundering.

During Wednesday’s proceedings, the prosecution, led by Jimoh Abdulmumuni, SAN, tendered correspondence between the fee and the NYSC, which the courtroom admitted as displays.

However, the defence group, led by Wole Olanikpekun, SAN, stated it might increase objections to the admissibility of the paperwork at a later stage, explaining that it had not been served with the supplies.

Under cross-examination by Bode Olanikpekun, SAN, Jumare maintained that the certificates was not issued by the NYSC.

Justice Abdulmalik adjourned the case till November 30 for the continuation of the cross-examination of the witness and January 29 for additional proceedings.

Nnaji, a former PDP governorship candidate in Enugu State, has denied the allegations in opposition to him.