Nigeria, March 4 -- A lawyer, Liborous Oshoma, has criticised the Nigerian government for failing to prosecute a former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, over a certificate forgery scandal.

Mr Oshoma spoke in a video clip uploaded on a YouTube channel on 25 February.

A painstaking two-year investigation published by PREMIUM TIMES in October last year revealed that Mr Nnaji forged his degree and NYSC certificates, which he submitted to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Senate during his ministerial confirmation in 2023.

The politician resigned his position as minister barely three days after publication of the investigation.

Many Nigerians had called for Mr Nnaji's prosecution, maintaining that his resign...