Police grill Dr Dankaka, FCC chair over alleged certificate forgery

The Executive Chairman, Federal Character Commission, Dr Moheeba Farida Dankaka was yesterday grilled for over 5 hours by the Nigerian Police over alleged certificate forgery and presentation of false information to get appointment.

We reliably gathered that a Civil Society Organisation, Youth and Leadership Initiatives in a petition dated May 23rd, 2023 addressed to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Garki, Abuja, had alleged that Dr Moheeba Farida Dankaka, presented false information to the Presidency and the National Assembly to secure the chairmanship of the Commission.

Part of the petition reads:

We are a non-profit organization focusing on leadership and public accountability in Nigeria. It’s upon these objectives we are writing your office to intimate you of the noticeable falsification of certificate, identity falsification and presentation of false information on oath against Dr Moheeba Farida Dankaka on which her appointment was made and confirmed by Mr President and the Senate.

“That “Dr.”Muheeba Farida Dankaka OON presented a number of documents that are inconsistent with each other. These are as follows:

“Dr.” Muheeba (Farida) Dankaka refers to herself as ‘Dr’. When in actual fact she holds no Ph.D degree in any recognized university. The acclaimed Honorary Doctor of Philosophy which she holds was issued by an institution that was not recognized and or accredited by the National Universities Commission. National Universities Commission had declared Pacific Western University. Denver, Colorado, USA, Owerri study campus as illegal and thereby shut it down. Meanwhile Dr. Muheeba Farida Dankaka was issued with the certificate in 2007 and her name appears as MUHEEBA H. DANKAKA. This name is also at variance with the present name she bears ‘Dr. Muheeba Farida Dankaka.
“On the face of the Master’s degree certificate copy attached to her Curriculum Vitae, her name is Muiba Nike Salau. This name is at variance with the present name she bears ‘Dr. Muheeba Farida Dankaka.

“On the face of the first-degree certificate dated August, 1986, her name is Muibat Adenike Salawu. This is also at variance with the name she claimed to bear and supplied to the Presidency and the Senate during screening and the name with which she officially signs all documents. Conversely, her name on the NYSC discharge certificate which reads Salau, Mulbat Nike’ls also at variance with the name on the first-degree certificate which reads Mulbat Adenike Salawu.

“On the face of the West African Examinations Council School Certificate obtained in 1978, her name is ‘Salawu Muibat Adenike’. This is also at variance with the name she claimed to bear and supplied to the Presidency and the Senate during screening and the name with which she officially signs all documents.”

Following this petition and public outcry generated by these discrepancies in the names of her different certificate, the police in a letter with a reference number 3000/X/FHQ/ABJ/PSFU/BIFF/VOL.51/014, Dated 8th January, 2024, signed by DCP Tahir Usman P, 3p Deputy Commissioner of Police For: Commissioner of Police (PSFU), Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), invited Dr Moheeba Farida Dankaka for questioning.

Our police source said that Dr Moheeba farida Dankaka was grilled at the police office yesterday from 12noon till after 5pm and she was asked to report back on 17th January with original certificates, and that when asked to put down her statement in writing, “she couldn’t write a sentence as a statement and had to rely on her lawyer to write her statement to the police.

Our investigations at the Commission further revealed that she also relies on consultants to do her job, including minuting on documents to Commissioners.

The Police source who spoke to us anonymously added a letter from the police authority to the office of the registar Ahmadu Bello University to confirm the Master Degree paraded by Dr Moheeba farida Dankaka, however, certificate was denounced by the University saying that it didn’t emanate from the school.

The school in her reply said, ” I wish to inform you that the available records in the University revealed that the photocopy of the certificate attached to your letter didn’t emanate from this University.”