Benedicta Daudu, a member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Advisory Committee against Corruption, who is embroiled in an examination malpractice scandal, has resigned from the committee after a PREMIUM TIMES’ exclusive story.
In
a text message to this newspaper on Saturday, the executive secretary of the
committee, Bolaji Owasanoye, said the committee discussed the allegation
against Mrs. Daudu, and she “voluntarily” stepped down from the committee until
the matter is officially dealt with by the authorities of the University of
Jos.
“The
Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption has discussed the allegations
against Dr Benedicta Daudu based on information in the public domain and Dr
Benedicta Daudu has voluntarily stepped down from the committee until the
matter is officially concluded by the university,” he wrote.
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Times had reported on Saturday how Mrs. Daudu, an associate professor of law
and head of the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law of the
Faculty of Law in University of Jos (UNIJOS), was allegedly caught cheating
while writing an examination for a Master’s degree in Research and Public
Policy in the Faculty of Social Sciences of the same university.
The
associate professor who has a Masters in Law, was working towards another
master in Research and Public Policy.
The
department accused her of sneaking in prepared answers, also referred to as
“chokes” by students, during the examination for the Global Context in Public
Policy course.
Sources
said the matter was subsequently reported to the university’s examination
committee but some students and faculty claimed there were attempts at cover
ups by the university authorities.
-Premium Times
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