The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured a warrant of arrest from a Federal High Court in Abuja against a former Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Uche Nnaji, over alleged certificate forgery.
In a ruling on Thursday, it granted the order following an ex-parte motion filed by the ICPC in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1160/2026.
Nnaji resigned as minister following allegations that he forged his academic and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) credentials submitted during his ministerial screening and confirmation process.
The ICPC’s ex-parte motion dated June 3, 2026 was filed on June 4, 2026 with an affidavit deposed by one David Nelson attached.
ICPC counsel, Osuobeni Akponimisingha, told the court that the ex-parte motion followed Nnaji’s refusal to honour invitations extended to him by the commission for investigation over the certificate forgery allegations.
Akponimisingha prayed the court to issue an order allowing the commission to declare Nnaji wanted in any national newspaper, social media platforms, or other medium for “failing to honour the commission’s invitations for investigation activities”.
The commission also asked the court to give an order issuing a bench/warrant of arrest, directing operatives of the commission or other enforcement agents, including private citizens, to identify and arrest Nnaji and hand him over to the ICPC for investigation.
It also appealed to the court to grant any orders as it might deem fit in the circumstances.
The court granted all the orders sought.
The court further ruled that the order would lapse only upon the arrest of the former minister.
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