Nwabudike’s testimonies before senators and the documents he tendered as evidence were replete with inconsistencies, leaving Senators with no option but to reject his nomination.īut after his rejection, Weah made frantic efforts to keep Nwabudike at his old post at the LACC despite an overwhelming vote of no confidence expressed not just by the lawmakers, but the Liberian populace in his crony. “In furtherance of our check, we communicated with the Liberian Immigration Service and they replied that after a thorough search of their records, they have not found any information on the aforesaid individual regarding his legal residence status or naturalization,” the court’s clerk added. “This is to certify that after a perusal of the records of this Honorable Court on the hereinabove name (Augustine Ndubusi Nwabudike regarding his naturalization of May, A.D 1982, we have not found any document up to the issuance of this certificate,” Criminal Court B, Clerk of Court Ben George Teah reply the senate after a request then. There were no records at Criminal Court B to authenticate that he was naturalized in 1982 as claimed. He submitted to the Senate passports bearing different dates of birth, while his school records from the University of Liberia had another birthdate completely different from the passports.Ī photocopy of what he claimed was his naturalization certificate was also submitted but with no resident permit number - a document every naturalized citizen must first obtain before applying for citizenship.Ĭourt and Immigration officials testified that the self-proclaimed naturalized Liberian was not a Liberian as he has claimed. However, he had earlier told the Daily Observer in an exclusive interview that he naturalized in 1988, after he moved to Liberia in June of 1988, the same year he purportedly completed his undergraduate studies in Nigeria. He told Senators then that he naturalized as a Liberian in 1982 at the age of 16, arguing that he was accompanied by an adult, something the country’s alien and naturalization law does allow since an applicant must be 21. He has lied about almost everything including his naturalization papers, date of birth, and references. He managed to get confirmed by the senate and took up these posts but his luck ran out when his next nomination arrived in 2020 when Weah appointed him to head the National Elections Commission. Nwabudike was first appointed as head of the Governance Commission before being appointed to head the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission. As a buddy and confidante of Weah, Nwabudike got appointed to three tenured positions in a space of two years despite issues around his nationality. This comes after the controversial former LACC boss, on several occasions lied under oath during a confirmation hearing before the Senate that he was a Liberian. Nuta announced that the character-stained lawyer was a citizen after meeting all the requirements and going through the proper procedures of the court. Resident Judge Korboi Nuta of Criminal Court “B” at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia performed the conferral ceremony last week. Nwabudike, born a Nigerian, obtained his Liberian citizenship on February 9, after renouncing his previous nationality. Augustine Ndubusi Nwabudike has finally been conferred Liberian citizenship after impersonating for decades as a citizen. The former chairman of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) and a confidante of President George Weah, Cllr.
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