A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a request by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, to stop the University of Nigeria Nsukka from releasing his academic records.
The presiding judge, Hausa Yilwa, delivered the ruling on September 22, 2025, rejecting the Minister’s application for an injunction.
Nnaji had filed an ex parte motion seeking to prevent the university from releasing or tampering with his academic transcript.
The court examined submissions from Nnaji’s legal team and reviewed supporting affidavits before reaching its decision.
In the ruling’s Certified True Copy, the judge acknowledged that though Nnaji had a legitimate interest in the matter; the injunction to restrain UNN from releasing the records could not be granted.
The judge said,: “I find that the applicant has sufficient interest in the matter, and the application is partly meritorious.
“Accordingly, prayers 1, 2 and 3 are granted, while prayer 4, which sought an injunction, is declined.”
The judge clarified that the court’s decision should not be interpreted as preventing any party from performing its lawful duties.
The minister has been under fire over allegations that he forged the credentials he submitted to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Senate during his ministerial confirmation.
It was alleged that Nnaji did not complete his university education and that both the bachelor’s degree and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate he presented to Tinubu as well as to the offices of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Department of State Services (DSS), and Senate were forged.
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