Many tweets by @SaharaReporters claimed that multiple lecturers of the Ahmadu University, Zaria attested that the Senator representing Kogi West, though was an undergraduate but did not graduate from the department of Geography of the institution as claimed by the Senator.
Sahara Reporters in it several tweets said "University teachers at the Geography Dept of ABU, Zaria insists that @dino_melaye never graduated, DG DSS informed but covered it up"
"At least 3 Exam Officers at ABU,Zaria insists that @dino_melaye never graduated from Geography Dept, DG DSS alerted but covered it up"
"Exam Officers at ABU Zaria insists that @dino_melaye never graduated from Geography, they said Dino's name was not on graduation list"
Below are embedded excerpt of (@SaharaReporters tweets
FLASH: University teachers at the Geography Dept of ABU, Zaria insists that @dino_melaye never graduated, DG DSS informed but covered it up— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) March 19, 2017
FLASH: At least 3 Exam Officers at ABU,Zaria insists that @dino_melaye never graduated from Geography Dept, DG DSS alerted but covered it up pic.twitter.com/YFVoAljA9Y— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) March 19, 2017
FLASH: Exam Officers at ABU Zaria insists that @dino_melaye never graduated from Geography, they said Dino's name was not on graduation list— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) March 19, 2017
FLASH: In 2016 DG DSS Daura met with one of the Exam Officers from ABU, a DSS team investigated and concluded @Dino_melaye didn't graduate— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) March 20, 2017
FLASH: @Dino_Melaye's graduation scandal- a copy of his 2nd Semester results with failed courses in 1998/99 session pic.twitter.com/f7bA573pkO— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) March 20, 2017
Meanwhile, Senator Melaye wants the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu to arrest and prosecute him if he discovered that he did not graduate from Amadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria, Kaduna State.FLASH: Exam officers stated that @dino_melaye failed GENS 201, GEOG 307 (Long Field Trip Course), GEOG 404, GEOG 411 and GEOG 426— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) March 20, 2017
Melaye made the call, following report by an online platform, alleging that he did not graduate from the Department of Geography in ABU.
In a series of tweets on Monday, the lawmaker stressed that he would not be “cowed,” adding that he is waiting for the news platform to authenticate its report.
He wrote: “SR you and your fake documents. I’m presently a student of ABU pursuing my 7th degree. Go round all the UNIS I attended in digging more.
“I can’t be cowed. Still waiting for Sahara to indict me. What happened to the foreign account you reported I have. Na una go tire.
“Sahara Reporters please sue me and ABU if it is true that I did not graduate from Zaria. Tell Magu to arrest me and prosecute me”.
Meanwhile, News Punch had several months ago published a report that suggested that Senator Dino Melaye was accused of age and Secondary School falsification considering his profile profiled on the official website of the National Assembly.
If information of the Senator profiled on the official site of NASS, http://www.nassnig.org/mp/profile/522 is reliable, Senator Dino was said to 42 years. The profile stated that the Senator wrote his West African School Certificate, WAEC at GANDUN NASSARAWA PRIMARY SCHOOL KANO in 1986; Meaning, he would be age 12 when he wrote the certificate exam as at when stated in his profile.
Check by News Punch on the NASS website, as at when the accusation was alarmed revealed that Senator Melaye WASC Certificate was said to be obtained in a primary school is another controversy. No secondary School attended was profiled in his biodata of the Senator on the website.
Before it was altered and edited by the NASS, bellow was the screenshot of Senator Dino Melaye's Profile on the National Assembly Official Website:
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| SENATOR DINO MELAYE PROFILE ON OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Source: Federal Republic of Nigeria National Assembly |
Further checks by News Punch after 10 months revealed that it virtually only Senator Dino Melaye's certificates profile on http://www.nassnig.org/mp/profile/522 remain undated; creating more room for more suspicion
As at press time, 01:13pm, below is Senator Dino Melaye's Profile on http://www.nassnig.org/mp/profile/522
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| SENATOR DINO MELAYE PROFILE ON OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Source: Federal Republic of Nigeria National Assembly |
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