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JUST IN: Tinubu’s Minister Nnaji Involved in Certificate Scandal

Court Rejects Minister Nnaji’s Bid to Block UNN Over Certificate Scandal

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October 6, 2025
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a request by the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Uche Nnaji, seeking to stop the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, from releasing his academic records.

Justice Hausa Yilwa, in a ruling delivered on September 22, dismissed Nnaji’s request for an injunction, according to a Certified True Copy of the judgment sighted by our correspondent on Sunday.

Through an ex parte motion, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1909/2025, Nnaji asked the court to restrain the university from releasing or tampering with his academic records.

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He also requested that the court compel the university and its officials to release his academic transcript.

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After listening to arguments from his counsel, the court examined the supporting affidavits and written submissions.

Justice Yilwa ruled that while the minister had an interest in the matter, the request for an injunction stopping UNN from releasing his records could not be granted.

“I find that the applicant has sufficient interest in the matter, and the application is partly meritorious. Accordingly, prayers 1, 2 and 3 are granted, while prayer 4, which sought an injunction, is declined,” the judge held.

The judge clarified that the approved reliefs should not be interpreted as restraining any party from carrying out its lawful duties.

“Prayer 4 is declined. Having being refused the granting of reliefs 1-3 shall not serve as injunctive reliefs against any of the parties. That’s the order of the court,” Justice Yilwa declared.

In a letter dated October 2, 2025, the Vice-Chancellor of UNN, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, informed PREMIUM TIMES in his response letter to an inquiry that the university did not issue Nnaji’s certificate, as he did not complete his studies.

“From our records, we cannot confirm that Mr Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji, the current Minister of Science and Technology, graduated from the University of Nigeria in July 1985. There are no records showing that he completed his studies,” the letter read in part.

The university further stated that since Nnaji did not complete his studies, it could not have issued him any certificate.

It added that this position was consistent with a previous letter sent to the Public Complaints Commission in May 2025.

In court documents filed in the suit, Nnaji admitted that he had not yet collected his degree certificate, contrary to the certificate he reportedly submitted to the Senate in August 2023 during his ministerial screening.

“Even though I am yet to collect my certificate from UNN due to the non-cooperative attitude of the university authorities, the institution had issued a letter dated December 21, 2023, to an online news platform confirming that I graduated in July 1985 with a Second Class (Lower Division) in Microbiology/Biochemistry,” he stated in his filing.

The minister had sued the Minister of Education, the National Universities Commission, UNN, its Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, former Acting Vice-Chancellor Prof. Oguejiofor Ujam, and the Senate of the institution as first to seventh respondents.

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