WAEC withdraws 1992, 1993 candidates’ certificates – TheNigerialawyer

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withdrawn the
certificates of some candidates believed to have engaged in
malpractices during its examinations held as far back as 1992 and
1993.

The council published the list of affected candidates on Monday
in the weekly bulletin of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB), revealing that the affected persons were found to
have been impersonated.

Among those affected are, “Ukaumunna C. December 1992
examination with the certificate number, NGSP 0233613; Chinna H.
December 1993 with the certificate number, NGSP 0572427; Koffi E.
December 1993, with number NGSP 0455669; and Oham J. December 1994,
with the certificate number, NGSP 0177271.”

Also affected are, “Mbara G. December 2001, with certificate WNR
2248072; Ifo S. December 2001, with number NGWASSCP 1307367; Ugwu
P. December 2005 with certificate number, NGWASSCP 4534182; Anene
J. December 2008, with number, NGWASSCP 5505913; Ogbenna C.
December 2011, with certificate number, NGWASSCP 06927486; and
Nwangwu I. December 2014, with certificate number, NGWASSCP
8392056.”

In the publication, JAMB noted that it would be partnering with
the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to prevent such
a situation from playing out in its 2020 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The board also stated that the development was what prompted its
enforcement of the national identity number (NIN) on candidates in
a trial registration which commenced on Friday, November 29, and
ended on Tuesday, December 3.

“In view of the cases listed, JAMB’s partnership with NIMC is
imperative. In order to have a seamless registration for the 2020
UTME, we have put machinery in place to test run the new
registration regime under the joint platform of JAMB and NIMC using
the NIN,” the board said.

“The Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, sequel to this, therefore,
directed members of staff in offices nationwide to participate in
the trial registration. No fewer than 1,800 members of staff would
be involved in the trial registration designed to assess the
workability of the new registration regime.”

EFCC Arraigns ‘Mama Boko Haram,’ one other in Maiduguri
for Alleged N66m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 arraigned the duo of Tahiru Saidu Daura
and Aisha Alkali Wakil before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno
State High Court, Maiduguri on a three-count charge of conspiracy
and cheating to the tune of N66million (Sixty-six million
Naira).

The prosecution of the duo followed a petition written by one
Ali Tijjani, CEO/managing director of AMTMAT Global Ventures
against Complete Care and Aids Foundation, a non-governmental
organisation (NGO), run by the defendants, wherein the petitioner
alleged that, on September 7, 2018, Complete Care and Aids
Foundation awarded his company a contract to supply it processed
maize grain, referred to as “biski” in native language, worth
N15million, which the second defendant, Wakil received on behalf of
Complete Care and Aid Foundation upon delivery.

According to Tijjani, his company upon the request of the
defendants equally process and funded their trip to Morocco to the
tune of N51million, a cost they refused to defray.

Count two of the charge reads: “That you Tahiru Saidu Daura,
while being a programme manager of Complete Care and Aid
Foundation, and Aisha Wakil, being the CEO of Complete Care and Aid
Foundation on the 7th September, 2018, in Maiduguri within the
jurisdiction of this honourable court, dishonestly induce Ali
Tijjani, the CEO and alter ego of AMTMAT Global Ventures to deliver
to you, processed maize grains (biski), valued at N15,000,000.00
(Fifteen Million Naira) which you are yet to pay and thereby
committed an offence contrary to Section 320(a) and punishable
under Section 322 of the Penal Code Cap 102 Laws of Borno
State.”

The defendants pleaded not guilty to all the charges, upon which
prosecution counsel, Fatsuma Muhammad applied for a trial date and
for the remand of the defendants in the custody of Nigerian
Correctional Centre (NCS), pending the determination of the
case.

However, counsels for the defendants, H. Waziri and B.G Zanna
made oral bail applications for the defendants, on the ground of
the administrative bail, earlier granted to them by the EFCC.

Justice Kumaliya granted them to bail in the sum of N30million
with two sureties in like sum. One of the sureties he said, must be
someone at the level of a permanent secretary in the civil service,
who owns a landed property in Maiduguri GRA, and must submit the
title document of the property to the registry of the court.

The judge further declared that the bail will be revoked on the
failure of the defendants to attend trial. She adjourned the matter
until Jan13, 2020 for commencement of trial.

Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
4 December, 2019