NYSC, UNN disowned ex-minister Uche Nnaji’s certificates, ICPC witness tells court

An investigator with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Yakubu Ibrahim, on Monday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that both 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, Suprintendent of Police, Yakubu Ibrahim, testified as the first prosecution witness in the trial of Nnaji, who is facing a six-count charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/389/2026, bordering on alleged corruption, fraud, conferring corrupt advantage and providing ...