Mr Peter Mbah, the newly elected governor of Enugu State, has filed a N20 billion lawsuit against the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the Federal High Court, alleging conspiracy, deception, and misrepresentation of facts.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Justice Inyang Ekwo stopped NYSC from disclaiming Mbah’s certificate on Monday after Mbah’s counsel, Mr Emeka Ozoani (SAN), moved ex-parte.
Mbah is also seeking a declaration that he participated in the NYSC scheme through a call-up letter number FRN/2001/800351; Lagos code LA/01/1532 and was issued a certificate of National Service No. A808297 upon completion.
The governor-elect also claimed that the corps conspired to conceal and misrepresent facts by claiming that they did not issue his certificate of national service with number A808297.
According to him, this is a fact they are aware is false and incorrect, and that act, he claims, constitutes a conspiracy.
He also wants a declaration that the defendants were negligent and maliciously misrepresented facts, which the defendants know or ought to know as untrue and reasonably to have foreseen that damages would flow from such negligent misrepresentation of material facts.
An affidavit in support of the motion on notice deposed by Ms Grace Udeagha, stated, among others, that Mbah, after graduating in law from the University of East London in 2000, returned to Nigeria.
She also deposed in the affidavit that as a prerequisite to practice as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Mbah applied and was admitted into the Bar Part I programme of the Nigerian Law School.
She further deposed that the plaintiff, upon completing the Bar Part I exam, had to wait for the Bar Part II programme.
“That the plaintiff in view of the above, was called up for the NYSC and was deployed to Lagos State, with the following particulars: Mbah Peter Ndubuisi; Call up letter No 01134613; reference No NYSC/FRN/2001/800351.
“That the plaintiff, in the course of his NYSC programme aforesaid and after six months of NYSC, the Nigerian law School scheduled the commencement of the Bar Part II programme, usually called Bar Finals.
“The plaintiff was offered admission to the Nigerian Law School by a letter dated June 20, 2002, the plaintiff applied to the State Director, NYSC, for deferment of NYSC year 2001/2002.
“Pursuant to paragraph 12 the NYSC directorate headquarters vide Ref: NYSC/DHQ/CM/M/27 approved the plaintiff’s application for deferment of NYSC Ref: LA/01/1532 of Aug.6, 2002.
“That the plaintiff upon completion of his NYSC service, was issued the NYSC certificate No. A808297 dated Jan.6, 2003, certifying that he completed the one year of NYSC from Jan.7, 2002 to Jan.6 ”.
No date has been fixed to hear the motion.
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