A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed the
allegations of forgery of a discharge certificate brought against the Enugu
State Governor, Barrister Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, by the National Youth Service
Corps (NYSC).
Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo threw away the allegations
following the inability of the Corps to prove and defend the allegations as
required by law.
The judge, in a judgment in a suit by the governor against
the NYSC, imposed a fine of N5 million on the Corps to be paid jointly to the
plaintiff for suppressing facts and conspiring against him in the heinous
allegations.
The court held that with the unchallenged evidence of the
plaintiff on how the discharge certificate was issued to him in 2003 by NYSC
after serving in a law firm in Lagos and the inability of the Corps to come up
with counter-evidence, it was crystal clear that the plaintiff served the
mandatory one-year service.
Among others, Justice Ekwo held that while the onus to prove
forgery allegations lies heavily on the NYSC, it failed, leaving Mbah’s
evidence heavier and more believable.
Mbah had sued the NYSC and its Director, Corps
Certification, Ibrahim Muhammad, for publishing a disclaimer, denying the
issuance of a discharge certificate issued to him on January 6, 2003.
The NYSC had, on February. 1, written a letter signed by
Ibrahim Muhammed saying that the Corps did not issue the NYSC certificate in
Mbah’s possession.
Details later.
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