65 fake graduates apprehended across 37 camps in Nigeria for allegedly presenting fake certificates during their National Youth Service Corps registration, have been handed over to the police for prosecution.
The suspects busted during a verification of certificates presented at the different NYSC orientation camps include Nasiru Yau, Sheu Muktar, Iliyasu Usman, Offor Blessing Chinelo, Mezenwa Ngozi Chidinma, Nwachukwu Chimaobi Curtis, Ononuju Amarachi Nwamaka, Francis Joseph Arinze and Chigozie Evidence Chijioke. It was learnt that some of the arrested suspects claimed to have graduated from Istop University, Cotonou in Benin Republic.
“The total number of fake corps members nabbed during the 2019 Batch B Stream II orientation course was 65. All of them were handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
“They were picked from different NYSC camps all over the federation” a paper which confirmed the fake graduates were handed over to the police read.