The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has levied serious allegations against the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), accusing it of engaging in the politics of Enugu State and becoming an unwitting tool in the hands of the opposition within the state. The PDP demands an open apology from the NYSC for alleged conspiracy and deliberate misrepresentation of facts, which it believes were intended to undermine Governor Peter Mbah and the PDP in Enugu State through dishonest means.<\/p>\n
These claims were made in a statement issued by the Chairman of the Enugu State chapter of the PDP, Hon. Augustine Nnamani, in Enugu on Tuesday. The party’s response was prompted by the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which exonerated Governor Mbah of certificate forgery charges and awarded him N5 million in damages.<\/p>\n
The PDP pointed fingers at the Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Yusha\u2019u Ahmed, and Director of Corps Certification, Muhammad Ibrahim, accusing them of delving into partisan politics.<\/p>\n
The statement from the PDP read, “The judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, not only exposed the underbelly of the profiteering, conspiracy, ineptness, political partisanship, and duplicity in the Governor Mbah NYSC discharge certificate controversy, it also exposed the same factors that have rendered our public institutions weak and ineffectual.”<\/p>\n
The PDP raised questions about the NYSC’s claims that a purported certificate number A673517, which could have been issued to Mbah, was among the outdated, uncollected, unused, and canceled discharge certificates from 1999 to 2004 that were allegedly burnt in 2022 on the directive of the NYSC’s management. The court questioned how the NYSC obtained certificates dated January 6, 2003, which they certified and presented in court.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the PDP accused the NYSC of withholding Mbah’s initial file and temporary file containing his records of national service and certificates.<\/p>\n
The statement continued, “The Honourable Justice Inyang Ekwo therefore unmasked the shameful conspiracy when he held that ‘non-production of files with Ref. No. LA\/01\/1532 or File with Ref. No. LA\/01\/1532\/T means the contents thereof would have gone against the Defendants (NYSC\u2019s) in this case, and I so hold’.”<\/p>\n
In conclusion, Nnamani stated, “Now that the court has finally established the truth, which is that Mbah diligently served his fatherland and was honorably discharged; that the NYSC was merely playing dirty politics and tried to fool Nigerians and the court, we demand an immediate, open, and unreserved apology from the NYSC to both Governor Peter Mbah and the PDP as an institution, and indeed the entire good people of Enugu State.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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