A group, Kaduna Central Peoples Forum (KCPF), has called on the Senate to suspend the Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, over alleged certificate forgery and perjury.

The group made the call in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja by its secretary, Aminu Sha’aibu, in Kaduna on Wednesday.

The group charged the Inspector General of Police to order immediate prosecution of the Senator, whom they accused of serving in the compulsory National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) at the age of 43 years.

According to the statement, “We are deeply embarrassed that an imposter currently represents us in the Senate. Shehu Sani’s continued stay in the Senate is not just an insult to the very sophisticated people of our Senatorial zone in Kaduna State but an injustice to the constituents who voted him based on false and fabricated credentials he tendered to our leaders, party leaders and INEC.

“We are committed to redressing this injustice that has been done to our people by doing all that is within our powers, that is proper and legal to ensure that Mr. Sani leaves the Senate to pave way for a fit, proper and qualified person from Kaduna Central to go to Senate to give us quality and efficient representation.”

The group further accused the Senator of using fake certificates submitted to INEC, APC and CPC in the nomination and affidavit forms for Kaduna Central Senatorial election in 2010/2011 and 2015 respectively.

“Our petition centres on the fact that as at the time the 2015 Senatorial election was conducted by INEC, Mr. Shehu Sani was not qualified to vie for the position given that he lied on oath to the commission about his academic qualification and falsified documents in a bid to sustain the lies and false claims in the nomination form and affidavit he submitted to INEC,” the group added.

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