Court hearing on alleged falsification of discharge certificate: Enugu Gov., Mbah defeats NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) filed charges of fabrication of a release certificate against Barrister Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, the governor of Enugu State, but the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed the case on Monday.

After the Corps failed to provide the necessary evidence to support and refute the charges as required by law, Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo dismissed the accusations.

In ruling in the governor’s lawsuit against the NYSC, the judge fined the Corps N5 million, to be paid in part to the plaintiff, for concealing information and working together to discredit him in the vile accusations.

According to reports: “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,” it stated.