UNIVERSITY LECTURER CAUGHT WRITING EXAM FOR CARRYOVER STUDENT
Paschal Aboh, a lecturer at the University of Calabar, has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a resit student.
Aboh was apprehended during law exams at the Nigerian Law School’s Bwari campus.
CAMPUSINFO learnt that the lecturer, who is currently in police custody, has confessed to the crime.
According to reports, his accomplice was previously barred from retaking the Bar Final exam by the Council of Legal Education.
But his luck ran out when he was apprehended.
The suspect had earlier claimed to be a law graduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye.
However, from available records, Aboh graduated from the University of Calabar over four years ago and was recently appointed as an Assistant Lecturer at the same institution.
The suspect, along with his accomplice whose name was yet to be ascertained as at press time, are to be charged to court for the crime upon receipt of DPP advice.
After his criminal trial, he will also face the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee of the Nigeria Bar Association for breach of professional ethics and misconduct.
Reports claim that Aboh belongs to a cartel, which includes staff of the Nigerian Law School, whose business revolves around exam malpractice during bar resit exams.
The current Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Ciroma (SAN), has vowed to ensure that all the culprits are brought to book.
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