2027: Amid certificate forgery scandal, INEC lists ex-minister Nnaji for Enugu guber poll

A erstwhile Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Geoffrey Nnaji, has been cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, arsenic a campaigner for the Enugu State governorship predetermination successful 2027.

Nnaji, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, appears astatine fig 13 connected the database released by the committee connected Saturday night.

The list, signed by INEC Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, showed that Nnaji submitted his West African Examinations Council, WAEC, results without including the arguable grade certificate astatine the centre of allegations against him.

His inclusion connected the database comes amid allegations of certificate forgery that led to his resignation arsenic minister.

Recall that Nnaji had resigned pursuing an investigative study by Premium Times alleging that helium submitted forged world and National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, certificate to President Bola Tinubu and the Senate during his ministerial information process successful 2023.

The erstwhile curate was subsequently arrested astatine the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, connected Wednesday, July 1, 2026,...