Special Assistant on Prosecutions, to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, has been indicted by the report of a House of Representatives panel over the alleged forgery of his West Africa Secondary School certificate and wrongful utilisation of public funds.
Recall that Mr Obono-Obla has been immersed in a certificate scandal that warranted the probe by members of the House of Representatives
Obono-Obla and members of Special Investigative Panel, which he serves as chairman, were asked to refund N17 million excess funds collected as honorarium for sittings and indicted for violation of the presidential order on flying business class.
Obono-Obla, who the committee asked to be subjected for prosecution, in a reaction, yesterday, said he had challenged the propriety of the House Committee to investigate the presidential panel, saying the House does not have powers to investigate criminal matters.
The report emanated from the House resolution to investigate the activities of the Special Investigative Panel chaired by Obono-Obla upon claims that the panel was exceeding its mandate.
The House, in the course of its investigations, received a claim that the chairman of the panel, Obono-Obla, forged the secondary school certificate with which he used in gaining admission to study Law in the University of Jos.
The university in its response to the House panel, had confirmed that the result which the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, deposed was forged was what Obono-Obla presented to gain admission into the university to read Law.
The committee in its findings deposed as such: “In view of the petition received from Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria against the Chairman of the panel, Chief Okoi Obono Obla, copies of the statement of result, which he was alleged to have used to gain admission to study Law was sent to the West African Examination Council and University of Jos for verification.
The university confirmed that the statement of result sent to it was the result Chief Obla used to gain admission to study Law.
“However, the Certified True Copy, CTC, of the result for Candidate No: 094051247 May/June 1982, showed that the candidate was absent at the exam for Literature. In the result with University of Jos, he claimed to have credit in Literature in English in the statement of result issued to him by Mary Knoll College, Calabar.
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