A former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, AGF, Akin Olujinmi, SAN, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the allegation of forgery of a National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, discharge certificate brought against President Bola Tinubu by Atiku Abubakar was unfounded, baseless and speculative.
Olujinmi, SAN, who has emerged as lead counsel for Tinubu in the eligibility suit, accused Atiku of failing to provide any iota of evidence from the NYSC before arriving at his allegation of forgery.
In a preliminary objection he filed against Atiku’s suit, which is seeking the disqualification of Tinubu from the 2027 presidential election, the ex-AGF faulted the former vice president on all fronts on the basis of the certificate forgery allegation.
In the court papers, the senior lawyer argued that both Atiku and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) failed to provide evidence from the NYSC disclaiming the issuance of the discharge certificate to Tinubu or produce the original document from which the alleged forgery was made.
