I write to rejoice with you on behalf of all my supporters on your appointment as an Executive Director, Board of NDDC by President Bola Tinubu.
Your track records, both in public and private sectors are more than enough to have earned you this higher call to public service.
Trusting in your dedication and determination in making a difference in whatever endeavor you find yourself, I have no inch of doubt that you will aid the advancement and the strive of the organization towards achieving its critical goals and objectives.
The administration of President Bola Tinubu is more than determined to the restoration of the lost hopes of Nigerians and I am delighted that you have been given the opportunity to be part of such process.
Again, congratulations and may your tenure bring good tidings to the land and her people.
Signed: Dr Abiola Oshodi, Former Aspirant,Owo/Ose Fed Constituency, Former ICC media Director, Ondo State, Vice Chairman,APC Canada*
Our Ref:…A.N. OBA/2023/064…. Your Ref:………… Date:…2nd August, 2023…
H.E. Godwin Akpabio,
The Senate President,
National Assembly Complex,
FCT, Abuja.
Your Excellency,
LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATES IN POSSESSION OF HON. BUNMI TUNJI OJO AREDOUBTFUL: THE NEED TO INVESTIGATE TO CONFIRM THE AUTHENTICITY
We are solicitors to Gbadamosi Olamilekan, AdejobaMuyiwa and Alabi Adebowale (for themselves and on behalf of entire members of Association for Honest and Transparent Leaders in Governance) (“Our Clients”). We have the perfect instruction of our clients to write you on the terms as hereunder.
Our clients are a group of eminent citizens of Nigeria who are very keen in promoting honesty and transparency in governance and particularly ensuring persons appointed in positions of authority in Nigeria are of proven integrity.
Furtherance to our earlier petition on the N.Y.S.C. Certificate of Hon. Bunmi Tunji submitted to the Senate for his screening as a minister nominee, we later discovered that Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo never submitted his acclaimed LondonMetropolitan University certificates to Independent National Electoral Commission when he contested elections into the National Assembly in years 2019 and 2023. He merely submitted his O’ levels result for the elections.
Sir, it is curious and imperative to state that a genuine owner of university certificate will be proud to submit his university certificates for election of that magnitude.
Sir, it is important to investigate and confirm the authenticity of the London Metropolitan University certificate of Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo submitted to the senate for screening in order to determine the authenticity or otherwise of the London Metropolitan University Certificate in possession of Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo in order to avoid grievous embarrassment to the administration of AsiwajuBola Ahmed Tinubu.
To this end sir, we urge you to order a probe on the status of the London Metropolitan University certificates belonging to Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo accordingly.
Our Ref:…A.N. OBA/2023/063…. Your Ref:………… Date:…2nd August, 2023…
The Inspector General of Police,
Louis Edet House,
Shehu Shagari Way,
Central Business District,
FCT, Abuja.
Dear Sir,
LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATES IN POSSESSION OF HON. BUNMI TUNJI OJO AREDOUBTFUL: THE NEED TO INVESTIGATE TO CONFIRM THE AUTHENTICITY
We are solicitors to Gbadamosi Olamilekan, AdejobaMuyiwa and Alabi Adebowale (for themselves and on behalf of entire members of Association for Honest and Transparent Leaders in Governance) (“Our Clients”). We have the perfect instruction of our clients to write you on the terms as hereunder.
Our clients are a group of eminent citizens of Nigeria who are very keen in promoting honesty and transparency in governance and particularly ensuring persons appointed in positions of authority in Nigeria are of proven integrity.
Furtherance to our earlier petition on the N.Y.S.C. Certificate of Hon. Bunmi Tunji submitted to the Senate for his screening as a minister nominee, we later discovered that Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo never submitted his acclaimed LondonMetropolitan University certificates to Independent National Electoral Commission when he contested elections into the National Assembly in years 2019 and 2023. He merely submitted his O’ levels result for the elections.
Sir, it is curious and imperative to state that a genuine owner of university certificate will be proud to submit his university certificates for election of that magnitude.
Sir, it is important to investigate and confirm the authenticity of the London Metropolitan University certificate of Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo submitted to the senate for screening in order to determine the authenticity or otherwise of the London Metropolitan University Certificate in possession of Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo in order to avoid grievous embarrassment to the administration of AsiwajuBola Ahmed Tinubu.
To this end sir, we urge you to order a probe on the status of the London Metropolitan University certificates belonging to Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo accordingly.
Our Ref:…A.N. OBA/2023/061…. Your Ref:………… Date:…2nd August, 2023…
H.E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
The President of Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Presidential Villa,
Aso Rock,
F.C.T Abuja.
Your Excellency,
LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATES IN POSSESSION OF HON. BUNMI TUNJI OJO AREDOUBTFUL: THE NEED TO INVESTIGATE TO CONFIRM THE AUTHENTICITY
We are solicitors to Gbadamosi Olamilekan, AdejobaMuyiwa and Alabi Adebowale (for themselves and on behalf of entire members of Association for Honest and Transparent Leaders in Governance) (“Our Clients”). We have the perfect instruction of our clients to write you on the terms as hereunder.
Our clients are a group of eminent citizens of Nigeria who are very keen in promoting honesty and transparency in governance and particularly ensuring persons appointed in positions of authority in Nigeria are of proven integrity.
Furtherance to our earlier petition on the N.Y.S.C. Certificate of Hon. Bunmi Tunji submitted to the Senate for his screening as a minister nominee, we later discovered that Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo never submitted his acclaimed LondonMetropolitan University certificates to Independent National Electoral Commission when he contested elections into the National Assembly in years 2019 and 2023. He merely submitted his O’ levels result for the elections.
Sir, it is curious and imperative to state that a genuine owner of university certificate will be proud to submit his university certificates for election of that magnitude.
Sir, it is important to investigate and confirm the authenticity of the London Metropolitan University certificate of Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo submitted to the senate for screening in order to determine the authenticity or otherwise of the London Metropolitan University Certificate in possession of Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo in order to avoid grievous embarrassment to the administration of AsiwajuBola Ahmed Tinubu.
To this end sir, we urge you to order a probe on the status of the London Metropolitan University certificates belonging to Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo accordingly.
Our Ref:…A.N. OBA/2023/062…. Your Ref:………… Date:…2nd August, 2023…
The Director General,
Department of State Security,
DSS Headquarter, Aso Drive,
1, Mataima Avenue,
FCT, Abuja.
Dear Sir,
LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATES IN POSSESSION OF HON. BUNMI TUNJI OJO ARE DOUBTFUL: THE NEED TO INVESTIGATE TO CONFIRM THE AUTHENTICITY
We are solicitors to Gbadamosi Olamilekan, AdejobaMuyiwa and Alabi Adebowale (for themselves and on behalf of entire members of Association for Honest and Transparent Leaders in Governance) (“Our Clients”). We have the perfect instruction of our clients to write you on the terms as hereunder.
Our clients are a group of eminent citizens of Nigeria who are very keen in promoting honesty and transparency in governance and particularly ensuring persons appointed in positions of authority in Nigeria are of proven integrity.
Furtherance to our earlier petition on the N.Y.S.C. Certificate of Hon. Bunmi Tunji submitted to the Senate for his screening as a minister nominee, we later discovered that Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo never submitted his acclaimed LondonMetropolitan University certificates to Independent National Electoral Commission when he contested elections into the National Assembly in years 2019 and 2023. He merely submitted his O’ levels result for the elections.
Sir, it is curious and imperative to state that a genuine owner of university certificate will be proud to submit his university certificates for election of that magnitude.
Sir, it is important to investigate and confirm the authenticity of the London Metropolitan University certificate of Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo submitted to the senate for screening in order to determine the authenticity or otherwise of the London Metropolitan University Certificate in possession of Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo in order to avoid grievous embarrassment to the administration of AsiwajuBola Ahmed Tinubu.
To this end sir, we urge you to order a probe on the status of the London Metropolitan University certificates belonging to Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo accordingly.
Our Ref:…A.N. OBA/2023/059…. Your Ref:………… Date:…2nd August, 2023…
The Director General,
National Youth Service Corps,
Plot 416, Tigris Crescent,
Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Mataima,
Garki, Abuja.
Email: info@nysc.gov.ng.
Dear Sir,
ILLEGAL PROCUMBENT OF N.Y.S.C CERTIFICATE BY HON. OLUBUNMI TUNJI OJO: A CLEAR CASE OF FORGERY AND A DEMAND FOR FULL SCALE INVESTIGATION
We are solicitors to Gbadamosi Olamilekan, AdejobaMuyiwa and Alabi Adebowale (for themselves and on behalf of entire members of Association for Honest and Transparent Leaders in Governance) (“Our Clients”). We have the perfect instruction of our clients to write you on the terms as hereunder.
Our clients are a group of eminent citizens of Nigeria who are very keen in promoting honesty and transparency in governance and particularly ensuring persons appointed in positions of authority in Nigeria are of proven integrity.
Our clients reliably briefed us that they were privileged to view the proceedings of the Nigerian 10th senate wherein the ministers nominees nominated by the president were been screened for confirmation. And particularly the screening of the aforementioned Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo caught their attention at the point where Senator Sadiq observed discrepancies in the N.Y.S.C certificate and the age of the minister–designate which prompted our clients to delve into the issue very meticulously and discreetly.
Sir, it is a stubborn fact that it is the conventional practice and law of the N.Y.S.C for discharged certificates to be signed and dated the very day the particular batch of the scheme ends and passed out. The N.Y.S.C certificates generally do not post date the passing out date of the batch the corps member belong to. This is not the case as far as Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo’s instance as per his own discharge certificate. Hon. Ojo claimed to have served between 28th November 2019 and 27th November 2020 but his certificate was dated 28th February 2023. We hold this to be fatal flaw in the certificate purportedly claimed to have been issued by the Directorate of National Youth Service Corps.
Furthermore sir, it is an undisputable fact that Hon. Bunmi TunjiOjo was a member of the 9th National Assembly as member of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Committee on N.D.D.C. The lifespan of the 9th Assembly was between June 2019 and June 2023 and he claimed to serve this nation as a Youth Corper between November 2019 and November 2020, a period that is within the period that he served as an acclaimed honourablemember of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We hold that a single person cannot be at two places at the same time undertaking official responsibilities as claimed by Hon. Tunji Ojo.
Flowing from the foregoing, we submit without any equivocation and categorically that the purported discharge certificate Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo submitted to the Nigerian Senate for his screening fell short of standard of the N.Y.S.C. We submit further that the discharge certificate is forged or it was procured fraudulently. And it is imperative to state emphatically and unequivocally that the attempt to cover him up by Senator AdeniyiAdegbonmire, SAN by asking Hon. Tunji Ojo to take a bow when he could not give a satisfactory explanation at the floor of the senate is tantamount to show of shame and a clear attempt to cover up clandestine acts of people in position of authourity.
Sir, it is our vehement opinion that there are sharp and clandestine practices involving the issuance of the discharge certificate involving member(s) of the National Youth Service Corps if it was actually issued by your office and signed by you considering the fact that Hon Bunmi Tunji Ojo was serving at the National Assembly as an acclaimed honourable member of the House of Representatives during the time he claimed to have satisfactorily completed one year of national youth service from 28th November 2019 to 27th November, 2020 in accordance with section II of the National Youth Service Corps Act Cap N84, LFN 2004. Section II of the Act provides thus:
“The Directorate shall on completion of the service of a member of the service of a member of the corps unless such person is exempted under section 17 of this Act issue him with a certificate of National Service which shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed ”
(“shall”–emphasis mine)
On the ground of the afore–position of law, we submit that it is mandatory for the Directorate to issue the Discharge Certificate on completion of the National Youth Service immediately and not at a future time.
It is also obvious that Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo claimed to undertake the national youth service over thirteen years after he had gotten his first degree without an approval of the National Defence and Security Council which negates the provisions of Section 17 of the National Youth Service Corps Act (Supra).
To this end, we demand that you use your good offices and order a full scale administrative probe into this case and make your findings known to the public within a very short time after the receipt of this petition. This matter is of public interest and it goes a long way about the integrity of the directorate under your watch.
Please do note that we shall be constrained to approach a court of competent jurisdiction for an order of mandamus to compel you to do the needful in event you fail or neglect to yield to our above demand within a reasonable time in circumstance of this case. The Discharge Certificate is herewith attached for your reference sir.
Our Ref:…A.N. OBA/2023/060…. Your Ref:………… Date:…2nd August, 2023…
The Director General,
Department of State Security,
DSS Headquarter, Aso Drive,
1, Mataima Avenue,
FCT, Abuja.
Dear Sir,
ILLEGAL PROCUMBENT OF N.Y.S.C CERTIFICATE BY HON. OLUBUNMI TUNJI OJO: A CLEAR CASE OF FORGERY AND A DEMAND FOR FULL SCALE INVESTIGATION
We are solicitors to Gbadamosi Olamilekan, Adejoba Muyiwa and Alabi Adebowale (for themselves and on behalf of entire members of Association for Honest and Transparent Leaders in Governance) (“Our Clients”). We have the perfect instruction of our clients to write you on the terms as hereunder.
Our clients are a group of eminent citizens of Nigeria who are very keen in promoting honesty and transparency in governance and particularly ensuring persons appointed in positions of authority in Nigeria are of proven integrity.
Our clients reliably briefed us that they were privileged to view the proceedings of the Nigerian 10th senate wherein the ministers nominees nominated by the president were been screened for confirmation. And particularly the screening of the aforementioned Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo caught their attention at the point where Senator Sadiq observed discrepancies in the N.Y.S.C certificate and the age of the minister–designate which prompted our clients to delve into the issue very meticulously and discreetly.
Sir, it is a stubborn fact that it is the conventional practice and law of the N.Y.S.C for discharged certificates to be signed and dated the very day the particular batch of the scheme ends and passed out. The N.Y.S.C certificates generally do not post date the passing out date of the batch the corps member belong to. This is not the case as far as Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo’s instance as per his own discharge certificate. Hon. Ojo claimed to have served between 28th November 2019 and 27th November 2020 but his certificate was dated 28th February 2023. We hold this to be fatal flaw in the certificate purportedly claimed to have been issued by the Directorate of National Youth Service Corps.
Furthermore sir, it is an undisputable fact that Hon. Bunmi TunjiOjo was a member of the 9th National Assembly as member of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Committee on N.D.D.C. The lifespan of the 9th Assembly was between June 2019 and June 2023 and he claimed to serve this nation as a Youth Corper between November 2019 and November 2020, a period that is within the period that he served as an acclaimed honourablemember of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We hold that a single person cannot be at two places at the same time undertaking official responsibilities as claimed by Hon. Tunji Ojo.
Flowing from the foregoing, we submit without any equivocation and categorically that the purported discharge certificate Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo submitted to the Nigerian Senate for his screening fell short of standard of the N.Y.S.C. We submit further that the discharge certificate is forged or it was procured fraudulently. And it is imperative to state emphatically and unequivocally that the attempt to cover him up by Senator AdeniyiAdegbonmire, SAN by asking Hon. Tunji Ojo to take a bow when he could not give a satisfactory explanation at the floor of the senate is tantamount to show of shame and a clear attempt to cover up clandestine acts of people in position of authourity.
Sir, it is our vehement opinion that there are sharp and clandestine practices involving the issuance of the discharge certificate involving member(s) of the National Youth Service Corps if it was actually issued by your office and signed by you considering the fact that Hon Bunmi Tunji Ojo was serving at the National Assembly as an acclaimed honourable member of the House of Representatives during the time he claimed to have satisfactorily completed one year of national youth service from 28th November 2019 to 27th November, 2020 in accordance with section II of the National Youth Service Corps Act Cap N84, LFN 2004. Section II of the Act provides thus:
“The Directorate shall on completion of the service of a member of the service of a member of the corps unless such person is exempted under section 17 of this Act issue him with a certificate of National Service which shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed ”
(“shall”–emphasis mine)
On the ground of the afore–position of law, we submit that it is mandatory for the Directorate to issue the Discharge Certificate on completion of the National Youth Service immediately and not at a future time.
It is also obvious that Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo claimed to undertake the national youth service over thirteen years after he had gotten his first degree without an approval of the National Defence and Security Council which negates the provisions of Section 17 of the National Youth Service Corps Act (Supra).
To this end sir, we humbly urge you to use your good offices and order a full scale investigation into our client‘s’ complaint to unravel the authenticity of the discharged certificate which is the subject matter of this petition. We specifically demand that the aforesaid Olubunmi Tunji Ojo and any other person(s) who are involved in this clandestine act be invited, interrogated and prosecuted before a court of competent jurisdiction if found culpable. The Discharge Certificate is herewith attached for your reference sir.
Our Ref:…A.N. OBA/2023/058…. Your Ref:………… Date:…2nd August, 2023…
The Inspector General of Police,
Louis Edet House,
Shehu Shagari Way,
Central Business District,
FCT, Abuja.
Dear Sir,
ILLEGAL PROCUMBENT OF N.Y.S.C CERTIFICATE BY HON. OLUBUNMI TUNJI OJO: A CLEAR CASE OF FORGERY AND A DEMAND FOR FULL SCALE INVESTIGATION
We are solicitors to Gbadamosi Olamilekan, Adejoba Muyiwa and Alabi Adebowale (for themselves and on behalf of entire members of Association for Honest and Transparent Leaders in Governance) (“Our Clients”). We have the perfect instruction of our clients to write you on the terms as hereunder.
Our clients are a group of eminent citizens of Nigeria who are very keen in promoting honesty and transparency in governance and particularly ensuring persons appointed in positions of authority in Nigeria are of proven integrity.
Our clients reliably briefed us that they were privileged to view the proceedings of the Nigerian 10th senate wherein the ministers nominees nominated by the president were been screened for confirmation. And particularly the screening of the aforementioned Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo caught their attention at the point where Senator Sadiq observed discrepancies in the N.Y.S.C certificate and the age of the minister–designate which prompted our clients to delve into the issue very meticulously and discreetly.
Sir, it is a stubborn fact that it is the conventional practice and law of the N.Y.S.C for discharged certificates to be signed and dated the very day the particular batch of the scheme ends and passed out. The N.Y.S.C certificates generally do not post date the passing out date of the batch the corps member belong to. This is not the case as far as Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo’s instance as per his own discharge certificate. Hon. Ojo claimed to have served between 28th November 2019 and 27th November 2020 but his certificate was dated 28th February 2023. We hold this to be fatal flaw in the certificate purportedly claimed to have been issued by the Directorate of National Youth Service Corps.
Furthermore sir, it is an undisputable fact that Hon. Bunmi TunjiOjo was a member of the 9th National Assembly as member of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Committee on N.D.D.C. The lifespan of the 9th Assembly was between June 2019 and June 2023 and he claimed to serve this nation as a Youth Corper between November 2019 and November 2020, a period that is within the period that he served as an acclaimed honourablemember of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We hold that a single person cannot be at two places at the same time undertaking official responsibilities as claimed by Hon. Tunji Ojo.
Flowing from the foregoing, we submit without any equivocation and categorically that the purported discharge certificate Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo submitted to the Nigerian Senate for his screening fell short of standard of the N.Y.S.C. We submit further that the discharge certificate is forged or it was procured fraudulently. And it is imperative to state emphatically and unequivocally that the attempt to cover him up by Senator AdeniyiAdegbonmire, SAN by asking Hon. Tunji Ojo to take a bow when he could not give a satisfactory explanation at the floor of the senate is tantamount to show of shame and a clear attempt to cover up clandestine acts of people in position of authourity.
Sir, it is our vehement opinion that there are sharp and clandestine practices involving the issuance of the discharge certificate involving member(s) of the National Youth Service Corps if it was actually issued by your office and signed by you considering the fact that Hon Bunmi Tunji Ojo was serving at the National Assembly as an acclaimed honourable member of the House of Representatives during the time he claimed to have satisfactorily completed one year of national youth service from 28th November 2019 to 27th November, 2020 in accordance with section II of the National Youth Service Corps Act Cap N84, LFN 2004. Section II of the Act provides thus:
“The Directorate shall on completion of the service of a member of the service of a member of the corps unless such person is exempted under section 17 of this Act issue him with a certificate of National Service which shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed ”
(“shall”–emphasis mine)
On the ground of the afore–position of law, we submit that it is mandatory for the Directorate to issue the Discharge Certificate on completion of the National Youth Service immediately and not at a future time.
It is also obvious that Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo claimed to undertake the national youth service over thirteen years after he had gotten his first degree without an approval of the National Defence and Security Council which negates the provisions of Section 17 of the National Youth Service Corps Act (Supra).
To this end sir, we humbly urge you to use your good offices and order a full scale investigation into our client‘s’ complaint to unravel the authenticity of the discharged certificate which is the subject matter of this petition. We specifically demand that the aforesaid Olubunmi Tunji Ojo and any other person(s) who are involved in this clandestine act be invited, interrogated and prosecuted before a court of competent jurisdiction if found culpable. The Discharge Certificate is herewith attached for your reference sir.
Our Ref:…A.N. OBA/2023/061…. Your Ref:………… Date:…2nd August, 2023…
H.E. Godwin Akpabio,
The Senate President,
National Assembly Complex,
FCT, Abuja.
Your Excellency,
ATTEMPT TO COVER UP HON. BUNMI TUNJI OJO ON ILLEGAL PROCUREMENT OF N.Y.S.C. DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE: A SHOW OF SHAME AND THE NEED TO WITHDRAW THE CONFIRMATION OF HON. BUNMI TUNJI OJO AS MINISTER–DESIGNATE FORTHWITH
We are solicitors to Gbadamosi Olamilekan, Adejoba Muyiwa and Alabi Adebowale (for themselves and on behalf of entire members of Association for Honest and Transparent Leaders in Governance) (“Our Clients”). We have the perfect instruction of our clients to write you on the terms as hereunder.
Our clients are a group of eminent citizens of Nigeria who are very keen in promoting honesty and transparency in governance and particularly ensuring persons appointed in positions of authority in Nigeria are of proven integrity.
Our clients reliably briefed us that they were privileged to view the proceedings of the Nigerian 10th senate wherein the ministers nominees nominated by the president were been screened for confirmation. And particularly the screening of the aforementioned Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo caught their attention at the point where Senator Sadiq observed discrepancies in the N.Y.S.C certificate and the age of the minister–designate which prompted our clients to delve into the issue very meticulously and discreetly.
Your Excellency, it is a stubborn fact that it is the conventional practice and law of the N.Y.S.C for discharged certificates to be signed and dated the very day the particular batch of the scheme ends and passed out. The N.Y.S.C certificates generally do not post date the passing out date of the batch the corps member belong to. This is not the case as far as Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo’s instance as per his own discharge certificate. Hon. Ojo claimed to have served between 28th November 2019 and 27th November 2020 but his certificate was dated 28th February 2023. We hold this to be fatal flaw in the certificate purportedly claimed to have been issued by the Directorate of National Youth Service Corps.
Furthermore sir, it is an undisputable fact that Hon. Bunmi TunjiOjo was a member of the 9th National Assembly as member of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Committee on N.D.D.C. The lifespan of the 9th Assembly was between June 2019 and June 2023 and he claimed to serve this nation as a Youth Corper between November 2019 and November 2020, a period that is within the period that he served as an acclaimed honourablemember of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We hold that a single person cannot be at two places at the same time undertaking official responsibilities as claimed by Hon. Tunji Ojo.
Flowing from the foregoing, we submit without any equivocation and categorically that the purported discharge certificate Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo submitted to the Nigerian Senate for his screening fell short of standard of the N.Y.S.C. We submit further that the discharge certificate is forged or it was procured fraudulently. And it is imperative to state emphatically and unequivocally that the attempt to cover him up by Senator AdeniyiAdegbonmire, SAN by asking Hon. Tunji Ojo to take a bow when he could not give a satisfactory explanation at the floor of the senate is tantamount to show of shame and a clear attempt to cover up clandestine acts of people in position of authourity.
Sir, it is our vehement opinion that there are sharp and clandestine practices involving the issuance of the discharge certificate involving member(s) of the National Youth Service Corps if it was actually issued by your office and signed by you considering the fact that Hon Bunmi Tunji Ojo was serving at the National Assembly as an acclaimed honourable member of the House of Representatives during the time he claimed to have satisfactorily completed one year of national youth service from 28th November 2019 to 27th November, 2020 in accordance with section II of the National Youth Service Corps Act Cap N84, LFN 2004. Section II of the Act provides thus:
“The Directorate shall on completion of the service of a member of the service of a member of the corps unless such person is exempted under section 17 of this Act issue him with a certificate of National Service which shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed ”
(“shall”–emphasis mine)
On the ground of the afore–position of law, we submit that it is mandatory for the Directorate to issue the Discharge Certificate on completion of the National Youth Service immediately and not at a future time.
It is also obvious that Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo claimed to undertake the national youth service over thirteen years after he had gotten his first degree without an approval of the National Defence and Security Council which negates the provisions of Section 17 of the National Youth Service Corps Act (Supra).
To this end Your Excellency, we humbly urge you to use your high esteem office to order for the recall of the said Bunmi Tunji Ojofor more interrogation on the authenticity of his Discharge Certificate. And that the Senate should withdraw the confirmation of Bunmi Tunji Ojo as a minister–designate in event he cannot defend the issues we outlined in this petition. This will be the most honourable step(s) to be taken in order to protect the image of the 10th senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Discharge Certificate is herewith attached for your reference sir.
No. 1, Bypass Junction, Akure, Ondo State 08062204655
Our Ref:…A.N. OBA/2023/057…. Your Ref:………… Date:…2nd August, 2023…
H.E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, The President of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, F.C.T Abuja.
Your Excellency,
ATTEMPT TO COVER UP HON. BUNMI TUNJI OJO ON ILLEGAL PROCUREMENT OF N.Y.S.C. DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE: A SHOW OF SHAME AND THE NEED TO WITHDRAW THE NOMINATION OF HON. BUNMI TUNJI OJO AS MINISTER–DESIGNATE FORTHWITH
We are solicitors to Gbadamosi Olamilekan, Adejoba Muyiwa and Alabi Adebowale (for themselves and on behalf of entire members of Association for Honest and Transparent Leaders in Governance) (“Our Clients”). We have the perfect instruction of our clients to write you on the terms as hereunder.
Our clients are a group of eminent citizens of Nigeria who are very keen in promoting honesty and transparency in governance and particularly ensuring persons appointed in positions of authority in Nigeria are of proven integrity.
Our clients reliably briefed us that they were privileged to view the proceedings of the Nigerian 10th senate wherein the ministers nominees nominated by Your Excellency were been screened for confirmation. And particularly the screening of the aforementioned Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo caught their attention at the point where Senator Sadiq observed discrepancies in the N.Y.S.C certificate and the age of the minister–designate which prompted our clients to delve into the issue very meticulously and discreetly.
Your Excellency Sir, it is a stubborn fact that it is the conventional practice and law of the N.Y.S.C for discharged certificates to be signed and dated the very day the particular batch of the scheme ends and passed out. The N.Y.S.C certificates generally do not post date the passing out date of the batch the corps member belong to. This is not the case as far as Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo’s discharge certificate is concern. Hon. Ojo claimed to have served between 28th November 2019 and 27th November 2020 but his certificate was dated 28th February 2023. We hold this to be a fatal flaw in the certificate purportedly claimed to have been issued by the Directorate of National Youth Service Corps.
Furthermore Your Excellency, it is an undisputable fact that Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo was a member of the 9th National Assembly as a member of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Committee on N.D.D.C. The lifespan of the 9th Assembly was between June 2019 and June 2023 and he claimed to serve this nation as a Youth Corper between November 2019 and November 2020, a period that is within the period that he served as an acclaimed honourable member of the House of Representative of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We hold that a single person cannot be at two places at the same time undertaking official responsibilities as claimed by Hon. Tunji Ojo.
Flowing from the foregoing, we submit without any equivocation and categorically that the purported discharge certificate Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo submitted to the Nigerian Senate for his screening fell short of standard of the N.Y.S.C. We submit further that the discharge certificate is forged or it was procured fraudulently. And it is imperative to state emphatically and unequivocally that the attempt to cover him up by Senator Adeniyi Adegbonmire, SAN by asking Hon. Tunji Ojo to take a bow when he could not give a satisfactory explanation at the floor of the senate is tantamount to show of shame and a clear attempt to cover up clandestine acts of people in position of authourity.
To this end Your Excellency, we demand that you use your high esteem and good office to withdraw the nomination of Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo’s nomination or stop his swearing in as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The case of Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, a former minister of finance during President Buhari’s administration is a precedence and a notable reference in the annals of our governance in Nigeria. It is our humble counsel that doing the needful in this instance will go a long way in promoting the integrity test of your administration.
There must be no sacred cow when honesty, transparency and integrity is in issue. Whoever that is not honest and transparent with documents relating to his or her qualification particularly N.Y.S.C certificate is not a fit and proper person to occupy such exalted position of minister of Federal Republic of Nigeria like in the instant case of Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo. We respectfully demand that you direct law enforcement agency to investigate this complaint accordingly
Your Excellency Sir, we are very much aware of Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo’s intimacy with your Chief of Staff, Rt. Hon. Gbejabiamiala who may want to use his position to sweep this case under the carpet. Hence, we urge you to take serious note of the aforesaid fact and ensure justice is done in order to enhance the credibility of your administration. The Discharge Certificate is herewith attached for your reference sir.
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