EACC to arrest governor over academic certificate forgery

EACC CEO Twalib Mbarak has revealed that the Commission is expected to arrest a sitting governor over the alleged forgery of academic documents.

Twalib said the governor was among the 241 candidates flagged by EACC as having outstanding integrity issues prior to the August 9 general elections.

He said the governor had fraudulently acquired a University Degree and Diploma in Counselling, to aid in the IEBC clearance.

“Following investigations, EACC established that both the Governor’s Degree and Diploma Certificates were fake thus rendering the Governor liable to criminal prosecution,” a statement released on Friday said.

Mbarak said DPP Noordin Haji had given a nod to the EACC recommendation to charge the said leader with three criminal offences.

They include forgery contrary to Section 345 as read with 349 of the Penal Code, giving false information to EACC and uttering false documents contrary to Section 353 of the Penal Code.

“EACC will arrest the Governor and present him before the Court to face charges as it continues with investigations of similar matters relating to forgery of academic certificates,” the Commission said.   BY THE STAR