The Federal High Court, Abuja has confirmed the authenticity of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate of Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah as validly issued by the corps.
Delivering judgment today, Justice Nyang Ekwo held that the evidence before the court showed that the governor was mobilized for service in 2001, sought and after receiving permission from NYSC to attend the Nigeria Law School and was reinstated into the NYSC in 2003.
Justice Ekwo also pointed out that while the evidence that Mbah served in the law firm of one Udeh was not challenged by the NYSC, he berated the corps for not charging the governor for forgery if they actually believed his NYSC certificate his fake.
He concluded that the NYSC was mischievous and acted in bad faith by denying Mbah’s NYSC certificate, finding the Director General of the corps and the NYSC guilty of misrepresentation of material facts, subsequently awarding the sum of N5 million damages against them
