Mrs Adeosun’s ‘certificate’ is dated September 9, 2009, and was purportedly signed by Yusuf Bomoi, a former director-general of the corps. Officials said Mr. Bomoi stepped down from the NYSC in January 2009, and could not have signed any certificate for the corps eight months after. The retired brigadier general passed on in September 2017.

A Certificate of Exemption issued in July 2009, two months before Mrs Adeosun obtained her own, was obtained by PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday.

A cursory look at the certificate reveals a document that is completely different from what the minister presented for her appointment in late 2015.

On a close look at the two documents, PREMIUM TIMES identified about ten differences that stand out the fake from the original.

Some of the discrepancies identified corroborated the verdicts passed by NYSC officials as reported earlier.
The serial number placed at the top right-hand side of the certificate, appear different. The font characters are different, so also are their placements, with the one on the fake one farther away from the edges.

The numbering sequence also suggest that the fake certificate has doctored numbering. The original is numbered 000131816 (one hundred and thirty one thousand, eight hundred and sixteen) while the numbers in the doctored one, instead of going up, comparable to the period between the two dates of issue, nosedived to 000048932 (Forty eight thousand, nine hundred and thirty two).

The fourth difference comes in the line reading “Certificate of Exemption” while the wordings are bold in the certificate issued in July, in Mrs Adeosun’s that was issued in September, the characters were not emboldened.

Additionally, the “T” beginning the line; “This is to certify” was in bold in the original while the fake certificate carried it in plain style.

Point six: The original line has “of” written in between the space separating day and month, while the fake one was just a straight line without the “of” separator.

Another difference is in the calligraphy which markedly differ between the two. Calligraphy discrepancy is one of the areas staff of NYSC pointed out to PREMIUM TIMES in the course of determining the veracity of Mrs Adeosun’s ‘certificate’.

Eighth: The writings below the name quoting relevant sections of the NYSC Act to justify the exemption are spaced in the fake certificate while in the original they are without any space.

Amitez:
Madam minister should just own up and resign.This is totally unbecoming of a whole Finance Minister.

earnvest:


There is a 3-year jail term attached to certificate fraud as specified by the NYSC act.

FatherJP:
I really feel for Kemi, she doesn't deserve this. She has been among those who do not peddle lies left, right, front and back as known with this government. Why didn't this scandal locate Lai or Adesina or Shehu ?


I wish there is a way she can come out of this with her confidence and reputation intact. Scandals of magnitude velocity should please locate Buhari, Adesina and Lai Mohammed and disgrace them for us.



Nigerians let us equally call for prosecution of senators who accepted the forged certificate just to blackmail her with it.

Ibegtodiffer:

You really think it's the senators?

Amitez:
Madam minister should just own up and resign.This is totally unbecoming of a whole Finance Minister.

Blue3k:
If anyone has exemptions certificate to compare around that date please present it. Make sure you edit out personal information. Im mainly interested in the signature of the DG.

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d33types:


Can't you see the 1st post of this thread already?

Blue3k:


Are you having trouble understanding reading or understanding post? I'm aware premium times submission I want to see other individuals from nairaland thread for comparison. Another thread showed a old DG signature on certificate.

FatherJP:
I really feel for Kemi, she doesn't deserve this. She has been among those who do not peddle lies left, right, front and back as known with this government. Why didn't this scandal locate Lai or Adesina or Shehu ?

Nigerians let us equally call for prosecution of senators who accepted the forged certificate just to blackmail her with it.