How Senator Evans Enwerem lost his Senate President Position over discrepancies in his Name.
(Name Discrepancy not Forgery)

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When Nigeria ushered in a new democratic government in the fourth republic in 1999, the first elected president of the upper chamber, Senator Evan(s) Enwerem, was impeached for the most frivolous but reasonable reason.

Senator Enwerem was axed by the investigating committee for falsifying his documents, which had his name as Evans, not Evan.

The supposedly little thing was exaggerated to become a major political scandal.

Enwerem was chosen to represent the Imo-East Senatorial Zone in the Nigerian Senate in 1999.

President Olusegun Obasanjo anointed Enwerem as his choice to rule the upper chamber over Senator Chuba Okadigbo, a major contender.

Enwerem comfortably defeated Okadigbo with 66 votes to Okadigbo’s 43 votes. Obasanjo’s allies in the ruling party supported Enwerem.

Enwerem, however, was not prepared for a short-lived tenure until the issue of his name erupted which ended up dashing his dream of presiding over the red chamber till the end of his tenure.

It all began with a TELL magazine article that was published in Lagos in August 1999. It claimed that Enwerem had falsified his name and personal data. However, Enwarem claimed this to be a mere typographical error and shouldn’t be given distractive attention.

A Senate committee was formed to look into the issue after he was later charged with corruption.

The question of whether his name was Evan or Evans was hotly contested during this time, with Okadigbo allies arguing that he had feigned his age and name on purpose “for a dubious gain.”

According to reports, Okadigbo’s supporters gathered signatures to oust Enwerem as Senate president while he was away.

Senator Enwerem was only five months old when he was impeached and finally removed as the leader of the chamber, but remained a floor member of the house till the end of his tenure in 2003.

Tinubu is in his 5th month in office, his released academic records show not just one discrepancy, but many, including in his sex, date of birth, secondary school he attended and even the type of certificate submitted to INEC and people with brains are defending it with all their lives.

Is this how low we have gone as a country?

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Tinubu should resign with diginity

My brother Tinubu is not alone, Enugu state governor submitted a fake NYSC discharge certificate to INEC, even the NYSc. Came out to say that the certificate is fake but the corrupt tribunal judges said that NYSc certificate is not mandatory requirements to contest elections. Same NYSc certificate that former minister of finance under Buhari (kemi adoesun) had to resign when it was discovered that she forge it.
The present governor of akwaibom ,pastor umo Eno (emeritus). Was expelled from uniuyo due to fake waec certificate. Infact an admistrative officer of uniuyo who signed his expulsion letter came to testify in court with proves but the so called tribunal upheld his elections and called the witness an impostor. Buhari had similar case, The list is endless and the solution is either a revolution or military takeover cos corruption in Nigerian Democracy is worst than military rule.