Politicians’ Fake Certificates Causing Nigeria Shame – Forensic Institute

The institute stated this while declaring it has partnered with Interparty Advisory Council (IPAC) to ensure that candidates standing for elections across party lines have genuine credentials.

It also pledged to deploy cutting edge forensic tools to vet and authenticate certificates of aspirants before primary elections.

Certificate forgery scandals by party candidates have been on the increase in Nigeria since 1999, leading to the ouster of a speaker of the House of Representatives and a governor-elect.