UTME: NSCDC nabs 5 suspects over impersonation in Kaduna

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna State Command, has arrested five suspects for alleged impersonation during Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination (JAMB) in the state. Four of the suspects, who are male, were arrested in Sabon-Garri, Kaduna-North and Kaduna-South Local Government areas, while the […]

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna State Command, has arrested five suspects for alleged impersonation during Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination (JAMB) in the state.

Four of the suspects, who are male, were arrested in Sabon-Garri, Kaduna-North and Kaduna-South Local Government areas, while the remaining suspect was picked-up in Chikun Local Government of the State.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASC Orndiir Terzungwe.

He explained that in a confessional statement, one of the suspects who gave his name as Victor Oforbuke, 30, a Master’s Degree holder said he met his waterloo at Zaria Academy where he posed as Bello Mustafa, 29, who engaged him in the deal for a fee of N20,000.

Similarly, Abdullahi Alkassim Maikano, 19, who went to write the exam for Shuaibu Hamza, 29, was arrested together with the candidate in Kaduna-South, while John Michael, 32, who has collected N15,000 out of the agreed N20,000 to ‘help’ Sanusi Shehu was also arrested in Kaduna-North.

He said the remaining suspect, a female who gave her name as Bilkisu Ojulaye, 17, was arrested at Bethel Baptist Centre in Chikun Local Government when she attempted to write the exam for one Philomena Ugbe, who is currently at large.

He said the suspects are being investigated and would be charged to court on conclusion of investigation.