Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has called on the police to investigate the Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Uche Nnaji, over allegations of certificate forgery.

In an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Effiong said the inconsistencies in the minister’s academic records and the conflicting statements from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and the minister himself required urgent attention.

He expressed shock that such alleged irregularities escaped scrutiny during Nnaji’s screening before appointment.

The lawyer described the allegations as “grave” and urged President Bola Tinubu to suspend Nnaji pending investigation.

Effiong added that while the allegations remain unproven, the government must show readiness to investigate them thoroughly.

Nnaji had been accused of allegedly presenting forged academic and NYSC certificates.

Reacting to the controversy, one of his aides, Robert Ngwu, dismissed the forgery claims as false and politically motivated.