73 Students Expelled from Yabatech Over Forged Certificates

73 students of the college were expelled by the Academic Board of Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos for presenting suspected forged results. A statement issued by the college today said that the affected students were those pursuing part-time programmes for National Diploma and Higher National Diploma.

The statement signed by the Deputy Registrar of the college, Mrs Titilayo Obadimu said the affected students registered for 2013/2014 academic session. The fake results were discovered during the verification exercise of Senior Secondary School Certificates and National Diploma results. It further said that 46 students for National Diploma and 27 students for Higher National Diploma were affected.

“All affected students are advised to hand the property of the college in their possession, including student identity cards, to their various heads of department, the librarian and the dean of students’ affairs with immediate effect,’’ the statement said.