Lecturer To Spend 20 Years In Jail For Examination Malpractice

A part-time examiner at The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Mr. Olanrewaju Kayode, has been sentenced to twenty years for committing examination malpractice.

He was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, in June 2016 on a five-count charge for allegedly collecting various sums of money from five students of the institution and attempting to assist thein altering and securing higher examination scores on different scripts written outside the examination hall.

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ICPC seizes 44 assets worth N14.7bn All offences contravened sections 9, 9(2), 9(2a) and 10b of the Examination Malpractices Act, CAP E15 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 and punishable under the same.

He was sentenced by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, after having found Kayode guilty of all charges preferred against him.

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