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The Rector of Igbajo Polytechnic, Akinola Olaolu, has been arrested and detained at the Ibadan, Oyo State office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, The PUNCH is reporting.
The newspaper, which unravelled the certificate scandals involving the Rector, said he was arrested and detained on Friday over his fraudulent PhD certificate.
Olaolu was reported to have been employed in December 2015 as a Deputy Rector, but because of his claim to a PhD in Economics certificate from the University of Ibadan, he was appointed as a replacement for the former Rector, Tanimowo Oke.
But since his appointment over eight months ago, he was reported to have refused to produce his purported PhD certificate.
Investigation by The PUNCH revealed that there was no record of the certificate at the University of Ibadan.
His purported matriculation number was also said to be fraudulent.
So also did the University of Lagos, where Olaolu claimed that he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, denounce him.
He was said not to have graduate from the school.
The spokesperson for the ICPC, Rasheedat Okoduwa, confirmed the arrest of Olaolu.
Okoduwa said: “The Rector of Igbajo Polytechnic and former Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor, Oduduwa University, Mr Olaolu Akinola Olugbenga, has been arrested by the ICPC for alleged forgery of a doctorate (PhD) certificate.
“Mr Olugbenga, who is currently being detained at the Ibadan, Oyo State office of the commission, is undergoing interrogation after preliminary investigations carried out by operatives acting on a petition, confirmed that the suspect was actually working with a fake PhD certificate purportedly from the University of Ibadan.
“However, during interrogation he insisted in his statement that the certificate was genuine. The suspect’s action violates Section 465 of the Criminal Code and Section 25 of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Act 2000 respectively.”
