Former Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court over allegations of certificate forgery that led to his resignation in 2025.

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, Peoples Gazette learnt, was compelled to open an investigation on Mr Nnaji after evidence of forged credentials surfaced, further reinforced by a follow-up petition by the HEDA Resource Centre, an anti-corruption group.

The Gazette in 2023 exclusively reported that Mr Nnaji’s discharge certificate from the National Youth Service Corps was a dupe and that his so-called bachelor’s degree certificate was so poorly done that any curious observer could spot its inconsistencies without extra effort.

Despite resigning over alleged certificate forgery, Mr Nnaji picked up the 2027 PDP Enugu governorship nomination form earlier this year and emerged the winner.

He was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on July 1, having shirked previous invitations to visit the ICPC office for questioning.

Sources acquainted with the matter said the anti-graft commission has built a “water-tight” case against Mr Nnaji and filed criminal charges against him before Justice Abdulmalik Joyce. 

The Gazette learnt that it will be nearly impossible for Mr Nnaji to wriggle his way out of these evidence-backed charges, which border on corruption, including the submission of forged credentials to the National Assembly during his ministerial screening, and so on.