The Academic Board of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has expelled 40 students who forged National Diploma (ND) results to secure Higher National Diploma (HND) admissions into the institution.
The decision was reached at the emergency meeting of the academic board on Thursday after considering reports of various committees.
The board approved the expulsion of the 40 forgers and two others who were involved in theft and examination malpractices.
Details of the affected students are as follows:
1. OJOMA ABAH – 2019/HND/BUS/527
2. ABOCHI DORCAS UFEDO – 2019/HND/BUS/1057
3. ALIYU ABDULWAHEED – 2019/HND/BUS/1433
4. ABUBAKAR MUYIDEEN OLUWASEGUN – 2019/HND/BUS/1617
5. SULEIMAN MUSTAPHA – 2019/HND/BUS/1070
6. IBRAHIM JEMILAT ONOZAZI – 2019/HND/BUS/299
7. YAKUBU SHAFATU – 2018/HND/BUS/647
8. JOHN BLESSING – 2018/HND/BUS/644
9. DAN MUSA VICTOR – 2018/HND/PAD/220.
10. JOSHUA SUNDAY – 2018/HND/PAD/580.
11. NASIRU ONEKUTU – 2018/HND/PAD/211.
12. ATULUKU MERCY – 2018/HND/PAD/518.
13. ADAMS GLORY – 2018/HND/PAD/792
14. ARIYO O. BILKIS – 2018/HND/PAD/413.
15. AGIFE JUDITH GODWIN – 2018/HND/PAD/240.
16. ERIN RACHAEL – 2018/HND/PAD/266.
17. BILLAH MAIKUDI – 2018/HND/PAD/441.
18. UGWUANYI O. KINGSLEY – 2018/HND/PAD/385.
19. JONATHAN A. MAKAFAN – 2018/HND/PAD/464.
20. YAHAYA RUFAI ONUSAGBA – 2018/HND/PAD/781.
21. SIMON SUSAN ANICHI – 2018/HND/PAD/676.
22. MUSA LATEEF – 2018/HND/PAD/689.
23. SANI IBRAHIM – 2018/HND/PAD/353.
24. AUDU ZAINAB – 2018/HND/PAD/842.
25. OYELESI ADENIYI SOLA – 2018/HND/PAD/573.
26. ODOMA ABDULKARIMU – 2018/HND/PAD/421.
27. ALABI O. CAROLINE – 2018/HND/PAD/844.
28. ALIYU MANANIYAT ONIZE – 2018/HND/PAD/509.
29. ALIH HAPPNESS – 2018/HND/PAD/780.
30. JOHN JANET – 2018/HND/PAD/700
31. ALFRED O. MARY – 2018/HND/PAD/034.
32. ALISON BLESSING – 2018/HND/PAD/817.
33. ZAINAB OYIBO – 2018/HND/PAD/760.
34. AUDU ZAINAB – 2018/HND/PAD/842.
35. MUHAMMED ABUBAKAR – 2018/HND/PAD/844.
36. OLAJIDE FAITH TITILAYO – 2018/HND/LIS/180
37. SALAMI BLESSING – 2018/HND/LIS/227.
38. YAKUBU MERCY SEFIA – 2018/HND/LIS/228.
39. AJIBOYE ROSE – 2018/HND/LIS/246.
40. SAHEED RUFIAT OYIZA – 2018/HND/LIS/160.
The Academic Board presided over by the Rector, Dr. Salisu Ogbo Usman, resolved that the provisional admission of the detected students should be withdrawn for gross misconduct.
Also, another students, Mr. Victor Attah of ND II, Business Administration Department, with Matric Nō 2018/ND/BUS/903, was expelled.
Mr. Victor was involved in the running of an illegal examination syndicate, popularly known as Magic Centre in connivance with one Ibrahim Hayatu who was the ring leader.
The centre was bursted sometimes ago, precisely on 5th November, 2020, at Sarkin Noma in Lokoja.
Similarly, Mr. Akerele Oluwaseun, an ND I student of the Department of Computer Science, with Matric No 2019/ND/CPS/676 was expelled for stealing a bag belonging to one Abdulganiyu Mohammed from the same Department.
In another development, the Board also constituted investigative committee to take a comprehensive look at the results from the Department of Business Administration in the last three academic sessions and make recommendations that could assist in addressing the complaints of wrong computation of results from the Department and set the record straight, going forward.