Rector arrested for allegedly forging PhD certificate

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested the Rector of Igbajo Polytechnic, Igbajo, Osun state, Olaolu Olugbenga, over alleged forgery of a doctorate degree certificate.
Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday, said the suspect was also a former Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor of Oduduwa University in Ogun. She said that preliminary investigations conducted by ICPC operatives on a petition revealed that Olugbenga was actually working with a suspected fake PhD certificate purportedly from the University of Ibadan.
According to her, during interrogation at the Ibadan office of the commission, where the suspect is being held, the ousted rector insisted in his statement that the certificate was genuine.
She said that the action, if proved, violates Section 465 of the Criminal Code and Section 25 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000 respectively.
“Further action in accordance with the laws will be taken at the conclusion of investigation,” she said.