Minister Nnaji’s Alleged Certificate Forgery…We’ll Act After Court Verdict, Says Presidency

As unit continues to equine connected the curate of science, technology, and innovation, Uche Nnaji, to resign implicit an alleged certificate forgery, the Presidency has said it volition enactment aft the tribunal verdict.

According to the Presidency, a remark connected the substance won’t beryllium indispensable since the substance is already earlier the court.

Reacting to LEADERSHIP’s enquiry connected Monday, the peculiar advisor to the president connected accusation and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the national authorities would respect the judicial process and await the court’s verdict earlier taking immoderate position.

“This substance is already successful court. We should await the verdict of the court,” Onanuga told LEADERSHIP.
The clarification comes pursuing revelations that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) disowned the certificate allegedly submitted by Nnaji.

In a missive dated October 2, 2025, and signed by the vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, the instauration said records showed that Nnaji, with matriculation fig 1981/30725, was admitted to survey Microbiology/Biochemistry successful 1981 but did not implicit his studies.

Part of the missive reads: “From each disposable grounds and accusation from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, we are incapable to corroborate that Mr Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji, the existent curate of subject and technology, graduated from the University of Nigeria successful July 1985, arsenic determination are nary records of his completion of study.

“Following the above, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka DID NOT and, consequently, COULD NOT person issued the purported certificate successful July 1985 to Mr Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji.”

The assemblage said its presumption was accordant with an earlier missive sent to the Public Complaints Commission connected May 13, 2025, successful effect to a akin inquiry.

However, successful his filing earlier the court, Nnaji admitted that helium had yet to cod his grade certificate from the university, attributing the hold to what helium described arsenic UNN officials’ “non-cooperative attitude.”

Despite this, calls person intensified from civilian nine organisations and absorption figures urging Nnaji to measurement speech pending the case’s conclusion.

But the Presidency says it volition not beryllium drawn into the controversy, insisting that owed process indispensable instrumentality its afloat course.

Release my transcript, curate tells UNN

However, the embattled minister, Chief Uche Nnaji, has denied the allegations of certificate forgery against him, calling connected the assemblage absorption to merchandise his world transcript.

In a property league successful Abuja connected Monday, the curate said the allegation of forgery was politically motivated and well-crafted to tarnish his estimation up of the 2027 governorship predetermination successful the state.
The minister, who threatened to question ineligible redress, was represented during the property league by his peculiar advisor (media), Dr. Robert Ngwu.

Dr Ngwu presented a papers claiming that helium was admitted into the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) to survey Microbiology/ Biochemistry successful 1981 and graduated successful 1985 with second-class Honours, Lower Division.

The papers Nnaji’s typical presented connected Monday was said to person travel from the bureau of the Registrar of UNN, Dr. Mrs Celine Ngozi Nnebedum, signed by IAS Onyeador connected behalf of the Registrar connected December 21, 2023, which was successful effect to an enquiry dated October 24 2023.

The papers reads, “This is to corroborate that Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji, registration fig 1981/30725, was admitted successful 1981 to survey Microbiology/ Biochemistry astatine the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

“Mr Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji graduated from the University of Nigeria successful July 1985 with a Bachelor of Science successful Microbiology/ Biochemistry, Second Class (Hons) Lower Division”.

He added that the supra papers was the university’s authoritative position, claiming that the papers is inactive precise overmuch valid.

He went on, “Starting from May 2025, a purported missive surfaced, allegedly written by the university, abruptly claiming that determination were nary records of the Minister’s graduation. The question each Nigerian should inquire is elemental and logical: What changed betwixt December 2023 and October 2025?”

He accused the then-acting vice chancellor and aboriginal the vice chancellor of orchestrating the purported caller document, saying they were card-carrying members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) hired to bash a hatchet job.

“By world normal worldwide, the registrar and not the vice chancellor is the custodian of each introspection and graduation records. Any effort by the vice chancellor to presume that relation is an aberration successful the assemblage protocol and, successful his case, an evident governmental overreach,” helium said.

The curate said that erstwhile helium heard of an effort to tampe...