Certificate Scandal Rocks Imo Poly, AsRector Raises Alarm Over Insecurity

Imo State owned Polytechnic, Umuagwo has been in the news over the past weeks following crisis ranging from certificate racketeering, corrupt practices within the management that has been rocking the premier institution.
Trumpeta investigation has it that a high class-syndicate specialized in forging the signature of the Registrar of the school Mrs Joy Njemanze has been in operation dishing out fake certificate of the school to students.
In the same vein, some list of students who gained admission into the school with fake OND certificates to do their HND has been made public by the school authority.
Meanwhile some staff of the institution are said to be arrested and interrogated by security agencies while others have been suspended in connection with the allegations. Although some of those who claim innocent of the accusation are threatening Court and EFCC action against the Rector, some of the affected students and their lecturer collaborators who issue the certificates are on each others throat with threats and canter threats.
Investigation further revealed that the students of the school are warming up for demonstration as most of them have not been issued with admission letters after paying the mandatory N7,500 pre-admission and N20,000 acceptance fees to the school management.
Worried at the level of crisis and possible break down of law and order, the Rector Rev. Fr Wence Madu is said to now move in a Tinted bullet proof official car even as he has mounted armed police and orderlies at his official guest house near Concord Hotel, Owerri for fear of repraisals.

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