Lecturers Arrested For Exam Malpractice

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.