The campaign council said the opposition in the state had since come to terms with the fact that they had no prospects in the 2023 governorship election, and, therefore, resorted to smear campaigns.
In a statement issued, in Enugu, yesterday, the Director of Public Communications and Spokesperson of the Enugu State PDP Campaign Council, Nana Ogbodo, noted there is no truth whatsoever to the allegation.
The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a media briefing by a faceless group in Abuja, which claimed to have conducted a check at the NYSC office under the Freedom of Information Act 2011, which purportedly showed that Mbah submitted a forged NYSC certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“We make bold to say that Mbah was duly mobilised for the one-year mandatory national youth service in Lagos in 2002, completed the exercise and was issued with an NYSC discharge certificate.
“We state that these purveyors of malicious falsehood are the real forgers, as everything about the letter they claimed emanated from NYSC bears all imprimaturs of forgery; the language too inelegant and unofficial to have come from NYSC.
“We have also observed that the said statement was not signed by any official of the faceless group. We call on media organisations and interested Nigerians to approach the NYSC to confirm the veracity of the purported letter. We are, however, taking steps, in accordance with provisions of the law, to bring perpetrators to book.”
The Enugu PDP Campaign Council recalled that the opposition had tried their hands in other malicious and criminal falsehoods, including forgery of court processes to malign and bring down Mbah.
“Rather than present and market their manifestos to the Enugu electorate, they had earlier forged court processes and also filed frivolous lawsuits, claiming that Mbah had entered into a plea of guilt and plea bargain; hence, not qualified to stand for election.”
