Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from denying that it issued the NYSC certificate being paraded by Enugu governor, Peter Mbah.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement on Monday, November 6, held that the evidence before the court showed that the Enugu governor properly took part in the NYSC programme and that he was issued a certificate upon completion by the NYSC.
The judge also asked the NYSC to pay N5 million damages fee to Governor Mbah.
Governor Mbah had, before his inauguration on May 29, sued the NYSC and its Director, Corps Certification, Ibrahim Muhammad, for publishing a disclaimer denying the issuance of a discharge certificate to him on January 6, 2003. Mbah’s education
According to a report Mbah graduated from the University of East London in 2000, and having
trained as a marine lawyer, “he came to complete his Bar Part 1 examination after which he was waiting for the Bar Part 2 programme”.
According to his counsel, he was advised that instead of spending time idling around, he should proceed to the mandatory one-year NYSC programme. After six months of national service, he was also advised to return to the law school when the Bar Part 2 opened through the approval of the NYSC. He then returned to complete the service in 2003 and was issued the certificate.
