Court Sentences UI Staff To Prison For Forgery

An Abuja High Court in Apo has sentenced a senior staff of the University of Ibadan, Adedeji Taiwo, to three years imprisonment for forging the signature of the former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie.

Taiwo was convicted on a 4-count charge on forgery and making false statement and using his position to confer unfair advantage on himself.

Taiwo, who was a Principal Executive Officer, Passage and Protocol of the University of Ibadan,  was found guilty of presenting a forged letter purportedly from NUC to the Director Consular and Immigration Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to facilitate the approval of a note-verbale for one Lukman Jegede Yemi, who was not a staff of the university to enable him attend a conference at the National University of Seoul, South Korea.