THE Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Ishiaq Olanrewaju Oloyede yesterday handed over to the police, two students of the institution suspected to be experts in admission racketeering in the school.

The suspects, apprehended by the university’s security operatives at about 3.30pm are Hussein Salahudeen Ismail, a 400-level student of the Department of Religion with matriculation number 07/15CL019, and Peter Olorunmola, a 300-level student of the Arts and Social Sciences Department, with matriculation number 09250Y113.

According to sources, Ismail said to have a facial semblance with the Vice-Chancellor was alleged to have been deceiving unsuspecting candidates for admission, saying that he is a son of the Vice-Chancellor.

Said Professor Oloyede: “We are not yet certain if they are truly our students. But we have nevertheless handed them over to the police for more investigations into the matter.”
Sources said that the suspects who claimed to have made close to N100, 000 each from their nefarious activities were this time around set up with marked currency notes.
“They did not know that their customers this time around were agents. The agents pretended to be in dire need of admission before the commencement of the next academic session. But having collected N5, 000 each from them, they were promptly apprehended by standby security operatives,” said the sources.

Ismail and Olorunmola confessed to the crime but pleaded for clemency to enable them complete their academic pursuit.


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