Abia State Polytechnic Recovers N43m from Student who fake School's Receipt

Abia State Polytechnic has recovered more than N43 m from students who faked the school ’ s receipts , the Acting Rector , Prof . Ezionye Eboh , has said .

Eboh , while briefing newsmen in Aba , Abia State , on the issue , said more than 700 students were involved in the act of obtaining fake receipts from unauthorised sources .
He said the students would be punished , to serve as a deterrent to others .
Eboh also said the Police had arrested a woman who operated a business centre near the polytechnic for allegedly issuing students with fake receipts .
He said the woman worked for a lecturer and that she charged N10 , 000 for the fake , stamped receipts , thereby aiding students to evade payment of the N50 , 000 tuition .
According to the rector , the institution ’ s management discovered the forgery when it made it mandatory for students to show the receipts issued by the school before writing examinations .
He said the lecturer involved had been suspended and that students suspected of the fraud were being investigated .
The Abia Police Public Relations Officer , DSP Geoffrey Ogbonna , confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday that the name of the woman connected with the issuance of the fake receipts is Caroline Augustine .
He said Madam Augustine has been charged to court .
Ogbonna also identified the owner of the business centre as Mr . Alwell Nwachukwu - Njoku. (NAN)