Benedicta Daudu, a member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Advisory Committee against Corruption, has resigned from her position following reports of an examinamtion malpractice scandal.
Benedicta Dauda who serves in President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, was fingered as being guilty of examination Malpractice while taking an exam in the university of Jos (UNIJOS) on the 4th of May 2016.
The Anti-Graft advisor who is also an Associate Professor of law and head of the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law of the Faculty of Law in UNIJOS, was writing an exam to gain a Masters degree in Research and Public Policy in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
She was caught and she was then reported to the university’s examination committee. There have been reports however that a cover-up has been attempted by the University so as to avoid the scandal.
In a text message to Premium Times on Saturday, the executive secretary of the committee, Bolaji Owasanoye, said the committee discussed the allegation against Mrs. Daudu, and she “voluntarily” stepped down from the committee until the matter is officially dealt with by the authorities of the University of Jos.
“The Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption has discussed the allegations against Dr Benedicta Daudu based on information in the public domain and Dr Benedicta Daudu has voluntarily stepped down from the committee until the matter is officially concluded by the university,” he wrote.
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