The All Progressives Congress (APC) said it has uncovered a plot by the Bayelsa state deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo and his party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to swap the allegedly forged National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) certificates presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The APC claimed that the deputy governor and the PDP planned to replace the NYSC certificate Ewhrudjakpo used for his senatorial and governorship contests.
Ewhrudjakpo of the PDP was until his swearing-in as the Bayelsa state deputy governor on February 14, 2020, a senator representing Bayelsa west senatorial district.
The APC deputy national publicity secretary, Yekini Nabena, who stated this said unknown to Ewhrudjakpo and his party, the party has obtained the certified true copies of the allegedly forged NYSC certificates.
Nabena in a statement warned the leadership and all officials of the INEC and NYSC not to allow themselves to be used to swap the alleged forged certificates.
Recall that an Abuja Area Court had ordered the Department of State Security (DSS) to investigate the NYSC Certificate presented to INEC by the Bayelsa deputy governor.