Case of certificate forgery against Rep adjourned.

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TRIAL has begun in the case of alleged forgery filed at the Federal High Court, Abakaliki against a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Tobias Okwuru, representing Ikwo/Ezza federal constituency.

Justice S. Saidu, who is hearing the case has adjourned it till November 22, 2011.

In the suit, the plaintiff, Alphonsus Chinedu Nwali, the candidate for the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the April 26, 2011 election, claimed that the lawmaker presented a forged degree certificate from the Institute of Continuing Education Programme of Imo State University (IMSU) to the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC).

He also alleged that the recent visit of members of the Lower House to the university in Owerri might not be unconnected with ongoing attempts to obstruct the course of justice in the matter.

His counsel, Gabriel Amadi averred that Okwuru presented two admission letters from ICEP of IMSU with one year gap: 2000/2001 and 2001/2002, contending that it left much to the imagination how the respondent obtained one degree result in September 2006.