No fewer than 200 students of Ekiti State University (EKSU), and a
lecturer, all of who are currently being tried by the senate committee
on examination misconduct, risk being expelled from the institution if
found guilty.
Also, another batch of about 10 members of staff selling fake
examination clearance certificate, known as ‘Green Card’ to candidates,
have been arrested by the institution’s security personnel.
According to a statement made available to our correspondent in Ado
Ekiti by the Assistant Registrar, Mr. Olubunmi Ajibade, the affected
students and lecturers were accused of stealing question papers and
writing examinations inside a TV viewing centre outside the campus,
during the second semester of 2010/2011 session.
According to Ajibade, the offence may see those found guilty expelled from the university.
The statement added that the suspects involved in the sale of fake
examination clearance certificates were members of academic and non
academic staff. They were said to have been caught selling the exam
permit to students at N3,000 each.
The school authorities introduced the permit to stop students who
were indebted to the institution from the second semester examination.
But the indicted officials allegedly circumveted the rules and help
themselves to make quick money by selling the certificates.
The EKSU’s spokeperson, who confirmed this, said 20 students were
caught buying the fake exam clearance certificates from the officials.
Meanwhile, several mini cyber cafes operating on campus have been sealed off after a raid on their
stands by a combined university security outfit on campus.
The closure of the cyber cafe and computer centre was as a result of
the discovery of printing of fake admission letters from the Joint
Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for unsuspecting students. Some
10 cyber cafe operators on the campus were said to have been arrested
for their alleged involvement in this crime.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Patrick Aina, vow to rid the university of
undesirable elements, warning that any students found disrupting
examination or presenting fake papers for admission would be espelled.
Similarly, security men at the university last week foiled attempt by
some students to disrupt the examination. The security men stormed
their hideout, a beer parlour at Iworoko, following a tip off. But the
students escaped before they could be arrested.
The students, numbering about 20, were said to have to have gathered
at the beer parlour with a plan to disrupt the ongoing examination.
The Chief Security Officer of the institution, Captain Augustine
Ajayi (rted), was said to have led the invasion of the hideout to drive
away the hoodlums.
