Ten of the newly admitted students of The

Polytechnic, Ibadan have been asked to leave the institution for

presenting forged credentials to secure their admission.

Tosho Ayanwale, the Registrar of the institution,

said on Monday that the affected students presented fake Ordinary

National Diploma (OND) results to support their application for

admission into Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes for the

2009/2010 academic session.

“The culprits are currently awaiting the final

results of the part-time OND programmes they commenced three sessions

ago, but, perhaps, out of desperation, chose to procure fake results to

secure admission into regular HND programmes,” he said.

Mr. Ayanwale explained that the students were

found guilty by the institution’s Students’ Disciplinary Committee who

examined their cases after their antics were discovered during the

screening of applicants’ credentials.

Eight of the affected students were said to have

applied to study Business Studies, while each of the remaining two came

from Computer Studies and Insurance departments respectively.

The management of the institution implored employers of labour to

always endeavour to contact the Directorate of Academic Affairs of The

Polytechnic, Ibadan to verify the authenticity of any certificate or

notification of result purportedly issued by the institution to avoid

employing fake graduates.