SECURITY OPERATIVES APPREHENDS TWO FAKE LECTURERS IN BUK 30-07-24
By Sadiq Aminu Security operatives in Bayero University, Kano, BUK, have arrested two persons parading themselves as lecturers.
The suspects were caught selling fake textbooks to unsuspecting level 100 fresh students.
In a statement by the Secretary, Information and Publication, Bala Abdullahi on behalf of the Acting Registrar, Amina Umar Abdullahi, the suspects were identified as David Iluebe from Edo State and Chike E. Eke from Delta State.
The statement narrated that the suspects entered a lecture hall at the Faculty of Engineering of the university and introduced themselves to fresh100 level students as lecturers of the department.
According to the statement, “Thereafter, they presented a set of four different textbooks on Use of English, Statistics, Nigerian People and Culture, and lastly, Algebra and Geometry Mathematics threatening the students to purchase these books as a requirement for their Continuous Assessment (CA) otherwise they’ll fail their courses.
“The apprehensive students present in the hall responded by buying several copies to meet up the course requirement,”
The university said the suspects met their waterloo when the security operatives swooped on them following a tip off.
“The two persons were arrested by the security operatives for suspected criminal trespass, Impersonation and cheating,”
During preliminary investigation, the statement pointed out that, the suspects claimed that they were the authors of the books being sold to the students.
They also confessed to all the allegations leveled against them, revealing that “they were hustling to make a living due to lack of job”
The suspects further disclosed that this was the second time they were coming to the state, having been to the Kano State Polytechnic earlier this year.”
“The set of books found in their possession were all of poor quality believed to have been pirated”
“This is clearly a very disturbing emerging trend in our tertiary institutions which are being invaded by crooks and charlatans masquerading as academicians in order to dupe and exploit our unsuspecting students,”
Meanwhile, the university said the suspects would be handed over to Police for appropriate action.
“The Management of Bayero University, Kano wishes to inform the students and the general public to be wary of such impersonators and that surveillance has been beefed up in the University to avert the reoccurrence of such an ugly incident,”