Students docked over admission racket

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The police in Abuja last Thursday arraigned two students for allegedly operating an admission racket in the University of Abuja.

Emmanuel Ogacheko, 29 of Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State and Imranm Ayofe, 20 of Osogbo, were charged with joint acts, cheating and impersonating of a public servant.

Police prosecutor, Samuel Bulus, told the court that on April 6, operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) attached to the university’s Gwagwalada campus, arrested the accused persons with incriminating documents and N90,000.

He said during police investigation, the accused persons confessed to be members of an admission racket syndicate, adding that they deceived one Miss Faith Achenyo Amanyi of Idah, Kogi State and dishonestly collected some money from her.

“Also in the course of police investigation, it was discovered that the accused persons impersonated