Admission Scandal: IMSU Accused of Allegedly Selling Admissions to Non-Qualifying Applicants
Following recent news where the Imo State University is under investigation for offering fake admission letters, they have been accused of allegedly selling admission to non qualifying applicants and desperate parents. The source added that staff members were known to sell admissions to non-qualifying applicants who scored poorly in JAMB’s UTME.
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Following recent news where the Imo State University is under investigation for offering fake admission letters, they have been accused of allegedly selling admission to non qualifying applicants and desperate parents.
Currently, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) are investigating IMSU over allegations of admission racketeering involving some of its staff members. JAMB officials have disclosed that they detected a breach in their admission portal and traced back over 230 fraudulent admission letters to IMSU.
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An anonymous source, fearing job loss, revealed that the issue of admission racketeering has been a persistent problem in the institution. The source added that staff members were known to sell admissions to non-qualifying applicants who scored poorly in JAMB’s UTME.
The source stated, “At IMSU, admission is sold to the highest bidder, particularly children whose parents are wealthy. Admission to study medicine is sold at N1.5m; getting admitted into the law faculty, medical laboratory, nursing, optometry and other health sciences-related courses attracts N1.2m, All other disciplines’ admissions go between N300,000 and N800,000.”
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Further elaborating, the source mentioned that in addition to selling admissions, agents in collusion with some of the implicated staff members often generated fake JAMB registration numbers to grant irregular admissions to non-qualifying candidates.
The source added that when these students reached their final year, the agents would demand between N100,000 to N200,000 for JAMB regularisation from the students. “All these people go to the ICPC office in Owerri every two days to register and sign, to ensure they will not run away. The investigation is ongoing. Imo citizens need to be aware of what is happening at the institution,” the source concluded.
