ICPC
Examiner Bags 20years
ICPC
Examiner Bags 20years in Jail for Exam
Malpractices
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission (ICPC) has secured a 20-year jail term against Mr.
Olanrewaju Kayode, a part-time examiner at The Polytechnic, Ibadan,
for committing examination malpractice.
The sentence was handed down by Honourable Justice Joyce
Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State
after having found Kayode guilty of all charges preferred against
him.
Kayode was a part-time examiner who assessed and marked
students’ examination scripts of the Department of Accountancy of
The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
He had been arraigned by ICPC in June 2016 on a 5-count charge
for allegedly collecting sums of money from five students of the
institution and attempting to assist them to alter and secure
higher examination scores on different scripts written outside the
Examination Hall.
All offences contravened sections 9, 9(2), 9(2a) and 10b of the
Examination Malpractices Act, CAP E15 Laws of the Federation of
Nigeria 1990.
The final judgment against Kayode was secured after the ICPC
through Prosecution Counsel, Barrister Aderonke Bisi-Balogun proved
beyond reasonable doubt that he committed all the offences leveled
against him.
Justice Abdulmalik, in handing down the judgement, stated that
the convict was to serve 4 years jail term on each of the five
counts bringing the total to 20 years imprisonment. The sentence is
to run concurrently commencing from 20th June 2016, the first day
of his arrest.
Mrs. Rasheedat A. Okoduwa, mni
Spokesperson for the Commission