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Two FRSC employees arrested for presenting fake certificates

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The Federal Road Safety Corps announced on Friday that it has apprehended two officials for allegedly presenting fake Bachelor of Science degree certificates.

FRSC Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, made the statement in Abuja.

Kazeem stated that the two employees allegedly paid N500,000 as bribe to falsify the records of the university to back their claim.

According to the assistant corps marshal, the arrest was made possible with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.

Kazeem explained that the two FRSC personnel (names withheld) presented the degree certificates during one of the corps’ conversion course exercise from non-commissioned officers to commissioned officers cadre.

He said that the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, who was curious about the certificates, initially contacted the University of Abuja to ascertain the authenticity of the certificates and ICPC.

“The corps had contacted the University of Abuja to ascertain the authenticity of the certificates, which the school confirmed that the degree certificates were forged.

“The two FRSC officials were found to have allegedly paid N500,000 as bribe to falsify the records of the university to back their claim.

“The officials who were students of the Distance Learning programme of the university, due largely to poor performance which translated into poor results, they could not graduate.

“Evidence of these discoveries were contained in various documents from the university indicating that they had multiple carry-overs in the courses registered,” he said.

He alleged that a member of the syndicate, who claimed to be a printer, told ICPC operatives that he used an original certificate from the university obtained from a friend to perfect the forgery.

Kazeem said that the suspects would be charge to court after investigation.

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