Obono-Obla: House of reps lacks the power to investigate forgery

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Okoi Obono-Obla, chairman, special presidential investigation panel on the recovery of public property, says the house of representatives is not constitutionally empowered to probe forgery.

Obono-Obla, who is the senior special assistant to the president on prosecution, is alleged to be in possession of an “invalid” O’level result, according to findings by an ad hoc panel of the lower legislative chamber of the national assembly.

The panel had said it discovered the presidential aide might have forged his way into the University of Jos where he studied and subsequently, the Nigerian Law School.

Following the resignation of Kemi Adeosun as minister of finance based on forged certificate, some Nigerians, including Chidi Odinkalu, prominent lawyer, called on the president to fire Obono-Obla if he refused to step down.

But NAN quoted Obono-Obla as saying some people were after him…



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