A suspended member of the Presidential Advisory
Committee against Corruption (PACAC), Benedicta Daudu has been suspended from
the University of Jos, UNIJOS, after she was allegedly caught cheating while
writing an examination in May, 2016.
Premium Times reports. Daudu, who was
reportedly copying from a prepared answer during an examination on Global Context
in Public Policy, for a Master’s degree in Research and Public Policy in the
Faculty of Social Sciences in UNIJOS, was an associate professor of law and
former head of the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law of the
Faculty of Law in the same university.
“I can confirm to you that the Senate Disciplinary
Committee found her guilty of the allegations, and has suspended her from the
Masters programme for two semesters. Also, the matter was referred to the Staff
Disciplinary Committee which also suspended her from work. So she is no longer
teaching,” an official of the
university, who pleaded anonymity told PREMIUM TIMES. When asked to comment on
the issue, the spokesperson of the university, Abdullahi Abdullahi, said,
“Please, please, I have no comment on this matter.” The Executive Secretary of
PACAC, Bolaji Owasanoye, said that the professor’s suspension still holds.
“Until matter is resolved, she remains away from PACAC,” Owasonye said.
PACAC is the intellectual arm of President Buhari’s
anti-corruption war, and they are to advise the president on the necessary
reforms needed to fight corruption and improve the criminal justice system in
Nigeria. The team is made up of mainly university professors. It is headed by
Professor Itse Sagay.
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