10 petitions have been submitted against the ratification of Anthony Anwuka, as a minister of the Federal republic of Nigeria.
President Muhammadu Buhari had included Anthony Anwuka, from Imo state as one of his ministerial nominees.
A Senator representing Imo north, Athan Achonu, presented the petitions during plenary session on Tuesday.
Anthony Anwuka, was reportedly found guilty of fraud, racketeering, and illegal allocation of funds in Imo State, in 2009, when he was the Vice-Chancellor of Imo State University (IMSU).
An Imo State High Court had found Anwukah guilty of the charges leveled against him back then.
A government White Paper held that Anwukah was guilty of administrative racketeering.
Anwukah’s offences ranged from admitting more students than the capacity of IMSU and forcing students to pay for file jackets and processing.
Other alleged offences of Anwukah are; “the award of contracts without due process, and the use of special assistants to circumvent the bursary in order to furnish the Vice Chancellor’s residence.”
In January 2013, an Imo State High Court judge upheld the validity of the White Paper, and ruled that Governor Rochas Okorocha should implement its recommendations, which included the dismissal of Anwukah.
The court judgment was purportedly signed by Justice Ngozi Opara, who stated that Anwukah’s appointment ‘into a position of authority was unconstitutional, illegal, immoral, null and void and of no effect.’
Anwukah would however, recently reveal that he had was cleared of all charges by the court three years ago.
The ministerial nominee claimed to have court papers to prove that the court order was set aside by Justice Ngozi Opara on February 19, 2013.
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