The Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State at the Federal Character Commission, Amb. Ginika Tor has allegation of certificate forgery being peddled by a faceless group as smear campaign and is bound to fail.
Amb. Tor in a strongly worded statement personally signed by and made available to EnuguDaily said such claim published by online medium (not EnuguDaily) was blatant falsehood, which is capable of misleading unsuspecting members of the public, stressing that there is no iota of truth in the publication .
She stated that all her certificates are well earned, authentic and not forged; adding that the accusation is maliciously orchestrated, false and baseless.
She said as someone who functions by example she will not contemplate such demeaning dishonesty by parading a forged certificate.
She disclosed that before my appointment, she was thoroughly screened by the relevant security agencies and had her certificates and academic credentials vetted and cleared.
She fingered the Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Muheeba Farida Dankaka, who is fighting her and other members of the Integrity Team for exposing her involvement in job racketeering and shady deals as being behind her ordeal.
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My attention has been drawn to a malicious campaign of calumny against me by a faceless group which goes by the name Nigerian Citizens Action Group (NCAG). In a press release signed by an E-Thug who goes by the name Comrade Salahudeen A. Lukman , a native of Kwara State, Muheeba Farida Dankaka’s home State and published by newsroom.com.ng, the group alleged that I presented forged certificates for my appointment as the Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State in the Federal Character Commission, FCC. In order to give credence to its report, newsroom.com.ng stated that I was grilled by the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja for certificate forgery on February 22, 2024 from 11am to around 3:30pm.
Ordinarily, I would not have dignified them with a response but in order not to allow this blatant falsehood to fester, which is capable of misleading unsuspecting members of the public, I wish to state categorically that there is not one iota of truth in the press release.
I wish to state that all my certificates are well earned, authentic and not forged; the accusation is maliciously orchestrated, false and baseless. I, Hon. Mrs Ginika Tor functions by example and will not contemplate such demeaning dishonesty by parading a forged certificate. It needs to be re-emphasized that before my appointment, I was thoroughly screened by the relevant security agencies and had my certificates and academic credentials vetted and cleared.
If there is any complaint about my certificates, it is obviously emanating from the camp of the Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Muheeba Farida Dankaka, who is fighting me and other members of the Integrity Team for exposing her involvement in job racketeering and shady deals.
Secondly, it is very mischievous for newsroom.com.ng to claim that I was grilled for about Eight hours on February 22, 2024. The truth of the matter is that I arrived the FCID Complex in Garki to honour the police invitation at about 2.15 pm where I was shown a letter written and signed by the Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Muheeba Farida Dankaka and a handwritten letter by one Ejiofor alleging that my certificates were forged. I gave a written statement dismissing the spurious allegations. I spent less than an hour at FCID Complex and proceeded to attend the 60th birthday ceremony of Chief Mrs. Beauty Ikeaka, the mother of Her Excellency, Barr. Mrs. Chioma Hope Uzodinma.
I wish to state unequivocally that this spurious allegation of certificate forgery against me is part of a grand conspiracy by the Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Muheeba Farida Dankaka, in connivance with some persons from Enugu State, who are bent on fighting me for standing steadfast on the path of truth.
I now wish to put it on record, what I describe as the genesis of all these orchestrated campaign of calumny against my person starting with the role of the Federal Character Commission Chairman, who is desperately trying to cling on any straw just to survive the ongoing probe against her by the National Assembly.
Last year, the Federal Character Commission was invited by the House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee investigating Job Racketeering by Ministries, Departments and Agencies and mismanagement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), chaired by Hon. Yusuf Gagdi looking into allegations of allotment of employment slots by the FCC Chairman, Muheeba Dankaka in exchange for financial gratification.The Chairman in her response during one of the Committee hearings decided to chase shadows by accusing me of certificate forgery instead. The House Committee investigated the certificate forgery allegations and in the end I was vindicated because the Committee could not establish any evidence of wrongdoing or forgery.
In the course of that investigation I discovered that the Chairman of FCC had written a letter to all Service Chiefs and Heads of security agencies accusing me of illegal visits to MDAs and security agencies. I instructed my lawyer to write to her to withdraw such blatantly false and damaging letters to be accompanied with an apology or face a defamation suit but she ignored the warning letter and of course we are set to meet in court.
The FCC Chairman Muheeba Farida Dankaka did not relent but in fact went ahead to petition the DSS over her spurious allegation against me. In line with their standard procedure, I was invited by DSS on the strength of that petition, which I honoured. The DSS professionally engaged me in an interactive session as they sought to get my submissions on all the false allegations made by Muheeba after which I left vindicated.
On the 20th of February, a letter dated 15th February, 2024 from the Nigerian Police, inviting the Chairman of FCC Concerned Commissioners and Integrity Group, Hon. Augustine Wokocha representing Rivers State, Hon. Kayode Bawa-Allah representing Lagos State, Hon. Moses Anaughe representing Delta State and Hon. Adeoye Abdulrasak representing Osun State and myself was sent to me from the FCC Chairman’s office for an interactive meeting on the 21st of February, 2024.
It is instructive to note that though the letter was received by the FCC Chairman, Muheeba Farida Dankaka on the 15th of February 2024, she mischievously held on to the letter until 20th of February 2024 before sending the letter to us after clandestinely fixing a plenary for the Commission on the same day (21st of February 2024) we were meant to be interacting with the Police in a bid to prevent us from attending the plenary.
On that note, we pre-empted her moves and reached out to the police to inform them that we will not be able to honour the invitation on the stipulated date (21st of February 2024) due to our plenary and suggested the meeting be shifted to the next day, which the Police obliged.
Anyone fighting this good woman is fighting God and will be exposed