Tinubu’s Minister Frustrated As Court Rejects His Bid To Block School From Releasing Academic Records
A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a request by Uche Nnaji, minister of innovation, science and technology, to stop the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), from releasing his academic records.
Hausa Yilwa, the presiding judge, delivered the ruling on September 22, rejecting Nnaji’s application for an injunction.
The minister had filed an ex parte motion seeking to prevent the university from releasing or tampering with his academic transcript.
The court examined submissions from Nnaji’s legal team and reviewed supporting affidavits before reaching its decision.
In the ruling’s certified true copy (CTC), the judge acknowledged that Nnaji had a legitimate interest in the matter; he ruled that the injunction to restrain UNN from releasing the records could not be granted.
“I find that the applicant has sufficient interest in the matter, and the application is partly meritorious. Accordingly, prayers 1, 2 and 3 are granted, while prayer 4, which sought an injunction, is declined,” Yilwa said.
The judge clarified that the court’s decision should not be interpreted as preventing any party from performing its lawful duties.
The minister has been under fire over allegations that he forged the credentials he submitted to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian senate during his ministerial confirmation.
Nnaji allegedly did not complete his university education and that both the bachelor’s degree and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate he presented to Tinubu, as well as to the offices of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), the Department of State Services (DSS), and the senate, were forged.
