Barely one month after an Abuja Grade ‘A’ court convicted a CBT owner for examination misconduct, a Federal High Court sitting in Akure, has found an undergraduate of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, guilty of impersonation and examination malpractice during the 2023 UTME.

The presiding judge, Hon. Justice T. Adegoke, in a judgement delivered on Monday, 5th March, 2024, found the defendant, Adesuyi Feranmi,

guilty on a two-count charge of conspiracy and examination impersonation. Consequently, Justice Adegoke sentenced the defendant to one-year imprisonment each on count one and two respectively. The sentence would run concurrently.

The court also gave the convict an option of fine of N100,000 on the first charge and another option of fine of N100,000 on the second to make a total of N200,000.

Adesuyi, 29 years, was apprehended on April 28th, 2023, at Amable Nig. Ltd., CBT Centre, Owo, during the 2023 UTME in Ondo State while impersonating one Sanusi Tunde at the point of biometric verification exercise.

Following his admission of wrongdoing, he was handed over to security operatives for further investigation and his eventual arraignment.

According to the charge list, Adesuyi had committed an offence of examination malpractice and felony contrary to Section 10 of the Examination Malpractices Act, Cap E15, LFN 2004, and punishable under Section 3(2)(c) of the Examination Malpractice Act, Cap E15 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.