The embattled Rector of Igbajo Polytechnic, Akinola Olaolu, has been arrested and detained at the Ibadan office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission.
Olaolu was arrested on Friday by the agency for allegedly forging his certificates. According to reports, there was a crisis at the Igbajo Polytechnic, a community-owned tertiary institution in Osun State, over the alleged fraudulent PhD certificate of the rector.
Olaolu came into the school in December 2015 as a deputy rector. However, because he claimed to have a PhD in Economics from the University of Ibadan, he was made to replace the former rector, Tanimowo Oke.
More than eight months after his arrival, he was reported to have refused to produce his purported PhD certificate. When the University of Ibadan was contacted with a copy of his notification of result, the school’s Director of Public Communications, Mr Olatunji Oladejo, said the varsity had no record of the rector. The UI spokesperson said Olaolu’s purported matriculation number was fraudulent.
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