The petitions, filed by former NBA First Vice President John Aikpokpo-Martins, were submitted to the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). They allege that Kalu simultaneously attended the Nigerian Law School in Enugu and participated in his mandatory NYSC service — an overlap the petitioner argues is legally impossible and potentially fraudulent.
According to documents made available to this newspaper, Kalu’s NYSC service is recorded as running from March 9, 2010, to March 8, 2011, while his Law School attendance ran from April 23, 2010, to July 1, 2011. Aikpokpo-Martins contends this overlap violates Section 2(3) of the NYSC Act, which requires corps members to serve a continuous, uninterrupted year of national service.
Aikpokpo-Martins has urged the LPDC to open a formal investigation and, if the allegations are upheld, apply sanctions under Section 11(1)(c) of the Legal Practitioners Act. He has simultaneously called on the NYSC Director-General to revoke Kalu’s Certificate of National Service (No. A001773067) and initiate prosecution under Sections 13(1)(b), 13(3), and 13(4) of the NYSC Act, which prescribe penalties for failure to complete continuous service or for making false declarations. The petitioner has also indicated plans to subpoena supporting records from both institutions, including attendance logs, call-up letters, payment receipts, and discharge documents.
