Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Chiji Collins, has thrown allegation of parading fake certificates at some of his colleagues saying they are currently under investigation over the alleged mendacity.
Collins himself is in the eye of the storm over the same allegation of educational qualification exaggeration with call rife for his prosecution, following which the House in November last year set up an ad-hoc committee headed by a former Majority Leader, Chigozie Nwaneri.
Also, a former lawmaker in the state, Lawman Duruji, had at the weekend, accused the Speaker of prevailing on the ad-hoc committee to sweep the matter under the carpet, insisting that such attempt would not save him from being prosecuted, The Guardian said.
“Quote me, Chiji parades fake credentials, his PhD is fake and he also forged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate. Why has he refused to publish his certificate for public scrutiny? No amount of delay tactics and intimidation can save him this time,” it quoted Duruji as saying.
According to the paper, the Speaker who maintained his innocence said the panel was not set up to investigate him only but several others in the House believed to parade suspicious certificates.
