By FESTUS AHON

UGHELLI—A legal practitioner, Mrs Edith Nenty, has petitioned against the Delta State Auditor-General for Local Government, Mrs Mary Njokanma, alleging that she falsified her date of birth and date of resumption in the civil service.

Nenty in the petition alleged that Mrs Njokanma, ought to have retired in 2008, adding that she was employed in November, 1973. She called for the immediate investigation into her date of employment, describing her refusal to retire as fraud.

The petition further alleged that Mrs Njokanma had deliberately remained in office of the state service above the stipulated period of 35 years, adding that Mrs Njokanma joined the service of the defunct Bendel Development and Planning Authority as Miss Mary Aizebioje by a letter with reference number CP 1064/7, dated November 13, 1973 and a letter of confirmation of appointment referenced CPA 315/9 of  February 16, 1976.

According to the petition, the confirmation letter was the instrument used to effect her promotion in 1992, alleging that Mary Njokanma falsified her date of  her birth from December 12, 1956 to December 12, 1957 as well as her first appointment from November 13, 1973 to March 14, 1981.

Nenty further alleged in the petition that Njokanma altered the date of her first appointment to August 14, 1983 in order to extend her stay in service, urging the office of the state Head of Service, the State Civil Service Commission as well as the Permanent Secretary in the Directorate of Establishment and Pensions to investigate the matter.