NABBED!!!! Six Arrested for Impersonation At Post-UME Exam

Authorities at the Federal University of
Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, has
arrested six people for impersonation at
the ongoing post-Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination, UTME, being
conducted by the institution.
Those arrested were discovered by
security men and senior officers of the
university who were deployed to monitor
and supervise the examination as
members of the Academic Staff Union of
University, ASUU, were still on strike.
Chief Security Officer of the institution,
Peter Sunday Bolarinwa, who confirmed
the arrest, said the suspects were caught
during the process of accreditation for the
examination.
He, however, added that they had been
handed over to the State Security Service,
SSS, for further actions and possible
prosecution.
“I can confirm to you that so far, since we
started yesterday, we have arrested six
candidates who have also been handed
over to the SSS operatives for necessary
action.”
He added: “Our university exam is not the
one that someone can write for another.
We maintain strict security checks which
often time reveal impersonators among
those willing to join us as students.
That’s why we shall continue to be the
best among the rest.” In a related
development, some of the candidates,
who dressed provocatively, had a hectic
time before they could be allowed to write
the examination while several others were
sent home for other examination
malpractices.
FUNAAB’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olusola
Oyewole, while speaking with journalists
said the university’s security network
would always give out criminally-minded
candidates.
“For us as a university, there is no short
cut to admission; you either read well and
meet the cut-off point or attempt to
indulge in examination practices and be
arrested by our dutiful and reliable
security network,” he stated.