The Kwara Government said it has so far discovered 67 persons recruited into the Nigerian Army with fake indigeneship certificates of Kwara State between 2010 and 2016.
Speaking when he appeared before the state House of Assembly Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Judiciary in Ilorin, the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji lsiaka Gold, said the 67 persons were detected in Army recruitments exercises through their names and their inability to communicate in the languages of local government areas they claimed.
It is recalled that both the SSG and the chairman of lnternal Revenue Service were summoned by the House over alleged falsification of the state of origin certificates for military recruiments.
Giving the breakdown of the number of fake indigenes of Kwara state discovered, the SSG said 16 persons were discovered in Ekiti Local Government area, lfelodun nine, while eight persons each were detected in Moro and lrepodun local government areas respectively.
Others are five persons each discovered in Edu, Baruten and Kaiama Local Government areas while llorin West and Oyun Local Government areas respectively had three persons each.
The rest were OkeEro, Asa, llorin East and llorin south local Government areas where one person each was discovered.
Secretary to the state Government solicited the assistance of the state House of Assembly and chairmen of all the 16 Local Government councils to curtail the trend
Gold later presented the list of the state indigines for another Army recrutment slated for February 6 to the Assembly for proper identification.
The Chairman of the lnternal Revenue service, Dr Muritala Awodun, who was represented by the Director lnformal Sector, Mr Segun olaniyi said the Revenue Service had issued out new 21,000 indigeneship certificates between June 2016 to date.
Earlier the Chairman of the House of Assembly Committee on Ethics, Priviledges and Judiciary, Kamaldeen Fagbemi, had described as worrisome the large number of fake state origin certificate in circulation.
He reaffirmed the determination of the state House of Assembly at ensuring that citizens of the state were no longer shortchanged in military and other recruitment exercises.
A member of the Committee, Segilola Abdulkadir, informed the gathering of a person who forged the state of origin certificate and rose to the position of Assistant lnspector General in police force.
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