LASCOHET, UNIZIK Crack Down on Admission Fraud

The Provost of the Lagos State College of Health Technology (LASCOHET), Professor Raheem Akewushola, has condemned a case of alleged admission fraud involving a cybercafé operator who reportedly duped a woman of ₦1.5 million under the pretext of securing her admission into the college.

The scheme was exposed after the victim filed a petition to the institution when the promised admission failed to materialise. According to a statement released on the Lagos government’s official X handle, she initially paid ₦500,000 into the suspect’s account. When no admission offer came, he allegedly tried to pacify her with assurances of attending classes and obtaining a certificate. But when she demanded a refund, he threatened her, prompting her to alert the college.

The college management, led by Prof. Akewushola, interrogated the suspect, identified as Mr. Arapatile, who confessed to the fraud, claiming the admission was tied to a professional body known as “CIMB”—an acronym he could not fully explain. Stamp pads of several institutions were recovered from his shop as investigations continue. The Provost warned the public against dealing with him, stressing that LASCOHET does not engage agents for admissions.

Meanwhile, in a similar move against admission racketeering, the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Prof. Carol Chinyelugo Arinze-Umobi, confirmed that disciplinary action had been initiated against a staff member accused of collecting ₦400,000 from a prospective student’s mother under false promises of admission into the Faculty of Medicine.