A 500-level student of Abia State University , Uturu, Onwuka Chimezie Princewill has been rusticated by the institution for alleged forgery of results.
Onwuka was accused by the university of claiming to have graduated from ABSU when he still had an outstanding course to pass.
In a release signed by Dr Acho Elendu, the Registrar of ABSU dated October and made available to newsmen recently, the student, Onwuka Chimezie Princewill was accused of allegedly falsifying his academic transcript, an offense considered heavy by the school.
The release further informed that a staff of Abia State University in the Institute for Computer Studies (ICS), Mr Bestman Ugorji allegedly aided the academic fraud by displaying the said fake results on social media.
As a consequence, Ugorji has been suspended and placed on half salary for six months and has also been posted out of the Institute, said the release.
The Registrar explained that these decisions by the school authority are in implementation of the findings of a panel set up to investigate the matter, adding that credibility and transparency of results at ABSU are sacrosanct, hence ” any case of forgery and other vices will not go unpunished.
It would be recalled that the governing council of the university, led by Senator Adolphus Wabara has last month, vowed to punish any staff found extorting students or involving in related offences.
