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By Madu Obi
The Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Prof Charles Esimone has approved immediate suspension a staff of the university, Nwafor Osborne Ogbonnaya over allegation of presentation of forged and fake degree result with which he secured employment in the institution.
Special adviser to the Vice Chancellor on Public Relations and Special Duties, Dr. Emmanuel Ojukwu said the suspension would last for six months during which a thorough investigation would be conducted.
Ojukwu said: "In a bid to secure employment in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nwafor Osborne Ogbonnaya, whose real name is Nwafor Ogbonnaya Nwesuzor, abandoned his undergraduate programme and forged the university's statement of result and a letter of exception from the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC). He later went ahead to complete his degree programme.
The whole scenario emanated when Mr Nwafor Osborne Ogbonnaya wrote to the university requesting to change his degree result. The new result he submitted bears a different name, Nwafor Ogbonnaya Nwesuzor and a different class of degree, which resulted in suspicion.
"Upon further investigation, it was discovered that this staff forged his degree result and letter of exception from the NYSC based on the obvious disparity between the documents he submitted originally and the new documents he was trying to substitute."
The class of degree in both results presented varies. For instance, the forged statement of result with the name Nwafor Osborne Ogbonnaya bears second class lower division, while the original result with the name Nwafor Ogbonnaya Nwesuzor bears third class.
Ojukwu added that following due process, the Vice Chancellor, in exercise of his powers based on the university rules and regulation, approved his immediate suspension from the employment of the university.
He said that the case is undergoing other processes in the university before final disposal action.
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