Senator Uzodinma dragged to court over certificates forgery

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(Nigeria) The chances of the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District,Senator Hope Uzodinma returning to the upper legislative chamber appears grim as he has been dragged to a Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations that he forged his West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificates.
He was also alleged to have claimed that he posses a Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate from the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) a degree awarding institution.
In the suit filed by Ebubeagu Ekenulo through his counsel Alex Williams the plaintiff who cited the Registrar Federal university of Technology Owerri (FUTO), FUTO, the Attorney-General of the federation and Uzodinma as defendants asked the court to declare that the 4th defendant (Uzodinma) did not have the requisite ordinary level qualification (WASC of GCE) which is the condition precedent to be admitted to FUTO (2nd defendant) for the purported HND in Maritime Technology or at all.
A declaration that the purported admission, study of Maritime Technology by the 4th defendant at the 2nd defendant and any certificate purportedly issued to Uzodinma in that behalf is fraudulent, unlawful, illegal, null, void and ultra vires the powers of the 2nd defendant.
He also sought an order of the court compelling the defendants particularly the 1st defendant to make available the information sought for by the plaintiff to wit  certified true copy of, whether FUTO gave the 4th defendant admission to study Maritime Technology at HND levels, the details of his course of study and duration, the degree or certificate awarded and year of graduation, the GCE or WASC certificate submitted by the 4th defendant that qualified him for the purported admission.
An order compelling the 4th defendant to bring the original copy of his WASC or GCE certificate or his O-level qualifying certificate with which he obtained the admission to study Maritime Technology at HND levels to the court for inspection.
The plaintiff also wants the court to determine whether the Registrar of FUTO (1st defendant) upon a proper reading and interpretation of the Freedom of Information Act 2011 is not under obligation under the law to avail him the information he sought from him vide a letter dated 19th day of July,2012 which was received and acknowledged by the 1st defendant on the 26th July,2012 or give the plaintiff the reason why the information sought for would not be made available to him?
In the affidavit in support of the suit deposed to the plaintiff he alleged that Senator Uzodinma had in an interview he granted to Thisday on Sunday June 24th,2012 claimed among other things that he attended Government Secondary School Etche in Rivers State and got his O'levels there, that he got admission into FUTO and studied Maritime Technology at HND level and that he obtained a Masters Degree in Maritime Technology from Washington University USA, in 1998.
According to him "I instructed my solicitor to apply to the Principal of Government Secondary School Etche, Rivers State for clarification of the information and the Principal replied my solicitor's letter and stated that Uzodinma attended the school from 1978 to 1981 when he dropped out after class 3 and did not sit for WASC attached is a letter from the said Principal.
"My Counsel also wrote to the 1st defendant to verify the authenticity or otherwise of the claims that the 4th defendant attended FUTO and obtained HND degree in Maritime Technology, he refused to avail me the information. I then asked my solicitor to write the National Universities Commission (NUC) to ascertain whether the 2nd defendant (FUTO) was accredited to award HND degrees and the NUC replied my solicitors and stated that the 2nd defendant is not approved by the NUC to award National Higher Diploma in any Programme.
Also in a petition to the Senate President attached to the suit the plaintiff stated that "Senator Uzodinma is not fit to be a member of the Senate, let alone sit in the red chamber with other Distinguished Senators as according to him the Senator had in his INEC form, affidavit in support of personal particulars of persons seeking election to the office averred that he attended Mgbidi Secondary School,Orurua West LGA Imo State, interestingly Chief Uzodinma did not supply any date.
"He claimed to posses the HND certificate from Federal University of Technology Owerri, incidentally from the NUC letter, that can never be, it is therefore true that a sitting Senator continued to lie even as a Senator, about his qualification. This man we submit is not fit to sit in the hallowed chambers of the Senate.

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