300-level UNILORIN student confesses to cheating in WASSCE, applies for withdrawal from school

A 300-Level Sociology student, Jephtaph Abolarin had written to the Authorities of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, confessing to cheating during his West African Senior School Certificate Examination and seeking his withdrawal from the school.
However, the school authorities on Sunday said that they had accepted the voluntary withdrawal of the student from the institution.
Abolarin, who claimed he had become a ‘born again’ Christian, said going on with his university education, using an unmerited certificate was unjust and immoral, hence the need to leave the institution.

Abolarin submitted the letter to the institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics, Prof. Sidiqat Ijaiya, on August 5, 2016.
In the letter, he said it was expedient to withdraw from the school since he got his WASSCE through examination malpractice.

The institution’s Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, confirmed the withdrawal yesterday.
Akogun, while noting that the Senate of the university had accepted the withdrawal letter, added that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, commended Abolarin for his repentance and sincerity.

Part of Abolarin’s letter reads, “Just as a house that was built on a faulty foundation will surely collapse, it is also certain that a career that is built on a faulty foundation will definitely collapse.
“All through my secondary school days, I was just a church ‘goer’, without genuine salvation and the fear of God. As a result, I got my WASSCE result through examination malpractice.
“By the grace of God, now, I have encountered the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which called for repentance and restitution.

“Sir, with deep conviction, I have realised that there is no point building my academic career on a faulty foundation; since the WASSCE result I got through malpractice is the basis in which my admission into this university was anchored.
“Therefore, I have decided to withdraw from the university and start all over again.”