Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reacted to the PREMIUM TIMES' investigation exposing how Uche Nnaji forged his degree and NYSC certificates.

A painstaking two-year investigation published by PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday revealed that Mr Nnaji forged the credentials he submitted to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Senate during his ministerial confirmation in 2023.

Allegations of certificate forgery have dogged Mr Nnaji since July 2023, when President Tinubu named him among the first batch of 28 ministerial nominees from 25 states forwarded to the Senate as part of the president's initial cabinet list, two months after taking office on 29 May 2023.

Critics have long insisted that M...