Politics
THE Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Sunday carpeted the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Yushau Dogara, for leading a campaign of calumny against the Governor-elect of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, in the certificate saga that has ensued since the beginning of the year.
HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said that it was surprising that the director general of the NYSC would lead a black propaganda against the Peoples Democratic Party winner of the March 18 governorship election in Enugu State.
The group said the NYSC DG was suspect to have made sudden U-turn, claiming that Mbah was not issued an original certificate by the Service. HURIWA noted that the NYSC DG might be working for the opposition parties, which are dissatisfied that Mbah won the poll against the Labour Party and the All Progressives Congress in the last election.
HURIWA therefore demanded that the Federal Government, especially the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, constitute a panel and probe the shenanigan of the NYSC DG against Mbah and other victims of NYSC certificate blackmail.
The group wondered that anytime enemies want to carry out a smear campaign against a winning politician of government official, NYSC is the place to go to achieve their crafty devices. The case of former Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun is still fresh in the minds of Nigerians. At 50, NYSC has sadly become an instrument for mischievous politicians to weaponise their political detractors.
The group recalled that in February, it called on the new NYSC DG to dismantle a syndicate issuing fake NYSC certificates to members of the public, stressing that the members of the syndicate are also members of the scheme who want to monetise controversies and hatchet jobs of the enemies.
It also recalled that the NYSC defended a corps member, who was caught allegedly manipulating election results in a polling unit in Enugu state.
The NYSC had said the error committed by corps member in Abakpa Ward in Enugu East Local Government Area, was not deliberate.
The corps member was reported to have favoured one of the presidential candidates in the elections.
“We wonder why the corper has not been arrested and prosecuted.
“It must also be put on record that it is fat lie that Brig Gen Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed told Dr. Peter Mbah, that his discharge certificate was not issued by the NYSC.
“The NYSC’s conspiracy, deceit, and wilful misrepresentation of facts necessitated Mbah’s N20 billion lawsuit against it.
“It is also an irony that the DG said he would not want to comment on the matter since it was in court, only to go ahead to not only deny knowledge of the lawsuit and consequent court order,” the group said.
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