The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has dismissed allegations of certificate forgery levelled against the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, saying investigations found no evidence to support the claims.
The police said the minister’s National Youth Service Corps certificate was duly issued and verified after an extensive probe.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this while responding to enquiries from Vanguard about the allegations.
According to him, the police carried out a thorough investigation into the matter.
“After an exhaustive investigation into the allegations, it has been established that there is no evidence whatsoever of forgery, altercation, falsification or unlawful production of the minister’s NYSC certificate,” he said.
Hundeyin added that the NYSC authorities were contacted during the investigation and confirmed the authenticity of the certificate.
“The NYSC was contacted, and it was verified that the certificate was duly issued by the corps to the minister. The allegations are therefore unfounded,” he stated.
There had been protests in some parts of the country demanding that authorities investigate claims that Tunji-Ojo allegedly forged both his West African Examinations Council certificate and his NYSC certificate.
However, earlier in January, the West African Examinations Council also confirmed the authenticity of the minister’s WASSCE result.
The attestation document issued by WAEC contained Tunji-Ojo’s full name, date of birth, embossed photograph, certificate number and official authentication markings.
The document, titled Attestation of Results, stated that the minister attended the Staff Secondary School at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, and sat for the Senior Secondary School Examination in June 1999.
According to the record, his grades included B3 in Economics, B2 in Mathematics, A1 in Agricultural Science, B3 in Biology, C6 in Chemistry, C6 in English Language, A1 in Yoruba Language, C6 in Further Mathematics and B3 in Physics.
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