From Aloysius Attah, Onitsha
Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Prof Charles Okechukwu Esimone, has approved the immediate suspension of a staff member of the university, Nwafor Osborne Ogbonnaya over allegations of presentation of forged and fake degree result to the University.
Nwafor, an administrative officer of the university was reported to have in a bid to secure employment in the institution, abandoned his undergraduate programme and forged the university statement of result and a letter of exclusion from the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) even as he later went ahead to complete his degree programme.
According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Vice Chancellor (Public Relations and Special Duties), Dr Emmanuel Ojukwu, 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 different name, Nwafor Ogbonnaya Nwesuzor and different class of degree and this resulted in suspicion. 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”
Dr Ojukwu disclosed that in following due process, the Vice Chancellor in exercising his powers based on the university rules and regulation approved the immediate suspension of Nwafor from the employment of the University for six months while his case undergoes other processes in the University before final disposal action.