Unizik suspends staff over certificate forgery

 

AWKA, Anambra – The Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state Prof Charles Okechukwu Esimone, has approved immediate suspension of Nwafor Osborne Ogbonnaya (Nwafor Ogbonnaya Nwesuzor)  for six months over allegations of presentation of a forged and fake degree result to the university. 

The six months suspension is to enable the university authority carry out  further investigations into the forgery allegation.

In a statement issued by Special Adviser to the Vice Chancellor (Public Relations and Special Duties) Dr. Emmanuel C. Ojukwu, on Thursday, the staff  presented two degree certificates ,one bearing Nwafor Osborne Ogbonnaya while other bearing Nwafor Ogbonnaya Nwesuzor.

According to the statement, in his  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 statement of result and a letter of exclusion from the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC).

It added that ,the suspect  later went ahead to complete his degree programme, noting that the  whole scenario emanated when Mr Nwafor Osborne Ogbonnaya wrote to the University requesting to change his degree result.

According to the statement,the new result he submitted bears different name, Nwafor Ogbonnaya Nwesuzor and different class of degree and this  raised  suspicion about his result.

“Upon further investigation it was discovered that this staff forged his degree result and letter of exclusion 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, 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.

In following due process the Vice Chancellor in exercising his powers based on the university rules and regulations approved his immediate suspension from the employment of the University for six months while his case undergoes other processes in the University before final disposal action” it stated.