The Governor-elect of Enugu State, Mr. Peter Mbah, has filed a N20 billion lawsuit against the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at the Federal High Court. The lawsuit alleges conspiracy, deceit, and misrepresentation of facts by the NYSC.
Following the lawsuit, Justice Inyang Ekwo on Monday, upon a motion ex-parte by Mbah’s counsel, Mr. Emeka Ozoani (SAN), stopped the NYSC from disclaiming Mbah’s certificate. In the suit, Mbah is requesting a declaration that he participated in the NYSC scheme via a call-up letter number FRN/2001/800351; Lagos code LA/01/1532 and was issued a certificate of National Service No. A808297 upon completion.
The Governor-elect also alleges that the NYSC conspired by fraudulent design to suppress and misrepresent the facts and that the corps falsely claimed that they did not issue his certificate of national service with number A808297, which constitutes an act of conspiracy.
Moreover, Peter Mbah is requesting a declaration that the defendants were negligent in their representation of the facts, which they knew or ought to have known was untrue and foreseen that damages would occur from such negligent misrepresentation of material facts. An affidavit in support of the motion on notice deposed by Ms. Grace Udeagha stated that Mbah, after graduating in law from the University of East London in 2000, returned to Nigeria.
She additionally deposed that as a prerequisite to practice as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Mbah applied and was admitted into the Bar Part I programme of the Nigerian Law School.
Furthermore, the affidavit stated that, upon completing the Bar Part I exam, the plaintiff had to wait for the Bar Part II programme and was therefore required to participate in the NYSC programme as part of his legal education. During the course of his NYSC programme in Lagos State, Mbah’s application for deferment of NYSC year 2001/2002 was approved by the NYSC headquarters, and upon the completion of his service, he was issued NYSC certificate No. A808297 dated Jan.6, 2003, which certified that he completed the one-year service from Jan.7, 2002, to Jan.6.
No date has been set to hear the motion of the lawsuit.
