Enugu poll: LP to petition CJN over Mbah’s alleged certificate forgery case
The Labour Party has resolved to petition the Chief Justice of Nigeria over the “funny” judgments given by judges handling the alleged forgery case against the Enugu State Governor-Elect, Mr Peter Mbah.
It also resolved to also Petition the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to transfer suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/611/2023 from the Court handling it to another Court.
Acting National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Obiora Ifoh, said this at a press conference in Abuja, on Wednesday.
Ifoh said, “The Labour Party has resolved to petition the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the Chairman of the National Judicial Council over the funny court orders being issued by judges in this case.”
He explained that the party was confident that it had a water-tight case of certificate forgery against the PDP governorship candidate who the party insisted failed to participate in the compulsory National Youth Service Corps Scheme after graduation.
The LP Spokesman equally raised the alarm that the “INEC declared Governor-Elect” has commenced moves to compromise institutions of the state to make them bow to his whims.
He said, “Mr Mbah has commenced syndicated actions to compromise every institution of state just to sustain himself in power.
“Now we shall painstakingly chronicle the events as they have occurred to make it easy for Nigerians and the media to engage with and ensure we stop this recklessness before it gets too late.
“Sometime in November 2022, a Law firm, Omas and Partners sent a letter to the Director General of NYSC seeking verification of the CTC of the Certificate of National Service with Nos A.808297 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission by Mr. Peter Mbah.
“In a letter dated 1st February 2023 the NYSC confirmed that the certificate was not issued by the Corps.
“Upon receipt of the letter, a Civil Society group, Total Support for the Rule of Law and Justice Initiative, commenced a direct criminal complaint at the Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 6 in a suit marked CR/24/23.
“By a letter dated 6th February 2023, Chief Magistrate His Worship Emmanuel Iyanna ordered the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 7 to cause an investigation in respect of the allegation and report back to the Court within two weeks.
“It was at this stage that the NGO in question addressed the media and called on Mr. Peter Mbah, to withdraw from the Governorship contest and apologize to the people of Enugu state, having been exposed for his forgery. Vanguard
