Operatives attached to Intelligence Unit of Niger state Police Command on 8th September,2022 at about 1600hrs, based on intelligence received,arrested suspects; Daniel Ishaya aged 23yrs ‘m’ of Gurmana, Shiroro and Francis Ede aged 30yrs ‘m’ of Enugu State
The two persons allegedly established and operating a fake school known as Excellence College of Health Sciences and Technology, located in Maikunkele area of Bosso LGA.
During interrogation, Daniel Ishaya confessed that he established the School in the Year 2020 while he commenced admission in the Year 2021 without any authorization or certification from appropriate government body.
He confessed further that he forged a certificate of registration to deceive members of the public to register and gain admission into the school, in which about one hundred students had enrolled into the School at the rate of seventy-eight thousand naira each (N78,000) for tuition fee and other charges, while Francis Ede has been helping him to manage the school as the managing director with about twenty teachers.
Police in a statement said case was under investigation and the suspects will be arraigned in court for prosecution as soon as investigation is concluded.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Niger State Command, CP Monday Bala Kuryas has admonished members of the public to be wary of existence of such schools when seeking for admission for their wards to avoid wastage of resources and time in attending such uncertified and unaccredited school.
