A media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Paul Ibe, has accused the administration of President Bola Tinubu of institutionalising document forgery in Nigeria’s electoral process.
In a statement shared on his verified X handle, Ibe alleged that the Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress, APC, government has repeatedly engaged in what he described as “forgery” across several sectors, including tax reforms, electoral amendments, academic credentials and federal government projects.
“What the Tinubu-led APC administration cannot forge does not exist,” Ibe said, alleging that tax reform laws and the Electoral Amendment Act 2026 were manipulated.
He further referenced a February 2026 report by Premium Times and Tracka which allegedly flagged 92 federal government projects as “ghost projects”.
Ibe also claimed that school certificates, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, certificates and other documents required for election qualification had been subject to forgery, alleging that the government had now adopted the presentation of forged documents as a “policy of the state”.
“By this law, it is now legal to present forged documents for consideration as an aspirant and candidate in the 2027 primaries and general elections,” he stated.
