{"id":128033,"date":"2026-07-01T19:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=128033"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:54:18","slug":"dss-arrests-ex-minister-uche-nnaji-over-allegations-of-certificate-forgery-hands-over-to-icpc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dss-arrests-ex-minister-uche-nnaji-over-allegations-of-certificate-forgery-hands-over-to-icpc\/","title":{"rendered":"DSS Arrests ex- Minister Uche Nnaji Over Allegations of Certificate Forgery, Hands Over to ICPC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bOperatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Wednesday morning, arrested former Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, as he made to board a private jet to Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u200bSecurity sources said Nnaji, who resigned last October under controversial circumstances, was arrested by DSS officers on request by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over allegations of certificate forgery and later handed over to the Anti-Graft Agency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the sources, the ICPC had extended several invitations to the former minister following petitions on how he managed his Ministry, and therefore contacted the DSS to assist in arresting him.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bOperatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Wednesday morning, arrested former Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, as he made&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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