Posted on: 05:30 Tue, 10 Nov 2015



The Lagos State Police Command has
arrested four lecturers of the Lagos
City Polytechnic, Ikeja for their
alleged involvement in examination
malpractice in the institution.

Our correspondent learnt that the
State Department of Criminal
Investigation, Yaba, arrested the
lecturers last Thursday and detained
them for about three days before
releasing them on bail.

The Police Public Relations Officer,
Joe Offor, a deputy superintendent,
who confirmed the arrest, noted that
the police only released the lecturers
on bail, as investigation into the
matter was still ongoing.

Offor also did not disclose the names
of the suspects.

He added that the registrar of the
institution had brought the matter to
the attention of the police.

He said, “The registrar of the school
reported the case against them. The
allegations preferred against them
bordered on forgery, theft and
manipulation of examination results.

Our men at SDCI arrested and
detained them at Yaba. Based on
issues arising from our findings, the
police decided to release them on
bail. Meanwhile, we are still
investigating the matter.”

A reliable police source told our
correspondent that the lecturers
were accused of falsifying the results
of a student of the institution who
had relocated overseas.

The source added that the action of
the lecturers elicited a protest from
other students.

The source said, “A student of the
institution, who travelled out of the
country and was unavailable for
exams, was said to have made a
distinction in the school, while other
students had average grades. This led
to a protest among the students, and
it got to the ears of the management.

“The management then reported the
matter to the police, and the
concerned lecturers were arrested.

When our correspondent visited the
polytechnic on Monday, the security
official at the reception said the
rector was unavailable for comment.

The official added that the school
authorities would get across to our
correspondent on the matter through
a phone call.

He said, “The rector is in a
management meeting. He is the only
one who can talk to you on the
matter. You can drop your contact.
He will get back to you after the
meeting.”

Meanwhile, as of the time of filing in
this report, by 6pm on Monday, the
rector had not called our
correspondent.

One of the students, who identified
himself simply as Femi, noted that
the arrest of the lecturers’ was the
issue at stake in the institution for
some days now.

Source: PunchNg