LATEST UPDATE ON ACADEMIC FRAUD IN LAW FACULTY, UNICAL: More facts emerge Against Prof. Worugji And Rev (Prof.) Uhuka.

LATEST UPDATE ON ACADEMIC FRAUD IN LAW FACULTY, UNICAL: More facts emerge Against Prof. Worugji And Rev (Prof.) Uhuka.

More facts have emerged against the Embattled Unical Law professors, Prof Israel Worugji and Rev. Prof Emeka Uhuka who are facing panel for academic fraud bothering on their academic qualifications and suspicious promotion to the rank of Reader and Professors of Law.
In the case of Worugji, our investigation reveals that
Prof Worugji's certificates, right from his HND, his first degree to Ph.D are said to be laced with inconsistencies and Fraud as the names that appear on his certificates differ from one certificate to the other
The embattled Professor Worugji's bear the following names on his different Certificate.
I. The HND certificate in Business Studies of 1979 certificate bears the name ISRAEL UCHENDU
ii. The B.A (Hons) Law certificate dated the 2nd of July 1982 bears the name "ISRAEL UCHENDU"
iii. The LL.M certificate dated the 12th of July 1984 bears the name "ISRAEL NSITELEM EMENIKE UCHENDU".
iv. The Bar examination certificate dated the 20th of July 1984 bears the name "EMENIKE NSITELEM ISRAEL UCHENDU"
v. The NYSC certificate dated the 31st of July 1995 bears the name "UCHENDU ISRAEL NSITELEM EMENIKE"
vi. The Ph.D notification of result in African studies from the University of Ibadan dated 9th November 2010 bears the name "ISRAEL NSITELEM EME WORUGJI". (He decided to take away the NIKE from the name Emenike)

One of the alumni of the Law class of 1999 that petitioned Prof. Worugji wondered why a man would want to change his name many times, most especially his surname. Investigation further reveals that Prof. Worugji also has two date of birth. The first date of birth as written in his employment data form dated 2nd December 1988 shows that he was born 16th April1954. while the latter date of birth on his current Curriculum Vitae Shows that he was born on  the 16th of April 1957. How possible can this be!

Interestingly, Prof Worugji claims to have finished his Law school and got called to the Nigerian Bar within eight (8) days as his LL.M certificate from University of Essex, England  shows that he graduated from  University of Essex, England on the 12th of July 1984 and his Bar examination certificate shows that he finished from the Nigerian Law School on the 20th of July 1984. eight days interval. Is Prof Worugji claiming that did Masters programme at Essex, England and attended Law school in Nigeria at the same time?

It was also gathered that the Institution Prof. Worugji claimed to have graduated from, never existed. He claims to have graduated from Metropolitan University of Manchester, however the only University with such a similar name is Manchester Metropolitan University -MMU. One begins to wonder why a Professor of Law would not be certain on the name of the University he claimed to have graduated from. Is this a deliberate attempt to deceive?

However, Assuming Prof. Worugji actually graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University -MMU  Prof. Worugji's claim of having obtained a B.A.(Hons)  Law from the Manchester Metropolitan University - MMU is completely false as the Qualifying Law degrees awarded from the University in Question as published on their website  is as follows. https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/law/study/undergraduate/
i. LL.B (Hons) - Law with a foundation year - Full time.
Ii. LL.B (Hons) - Full time, Sandwich
Iii. LL..B (Hons) - Part time
The Big question then is, where did Prof. Worugji get his own B.A.(Hons) in Law degree from when the University he claimed to have graduated has no such Law degree.

It is worthy to note that the Manchester Metropolitan University - MMU also offers other non qualifying Law degree in Law course such as B.A (Hons) in Business Management with Law and B.Sc (Hons) in Forensic Psychology. However it is expressly stated that in the Manchester Metropolitan university brochure that this two courses are not Qualifying Law degrees, so therefore it is shocking how Prof. Worugji got admission to the Nigerian Law school without a qualifying Law degree. This also brings to mind the question of why a man with a non qualifying Law degree is lecturing student in the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar.

To worsen the matters, the B.A (Hons) Law degree Prof. Worugji presented to the Academic Fraud Committee, Unical only bears a signature on the certificate without the certificate stating the name, office or designation of the person who signed it.
Information has it that Prof. Worugji was asked to produce his transcript of his degrees especially the B.A. (Hons) Law but he has vehemently refused to do so, claiming that it is impossible to get the transcript. Instead, he is busy moving from one office of the committee members to another begging as usual as well as going to Lawyers in town asking for their intervention in his academic fraud matter.

Prof. Worugji parades himself as one who possesses a Ph.D in Law but investigation shows that he hold a degree in "African Studies" from the institute of African studies, University of Ibadan. This is evident in his notification of Result dated the 9th November 2010 and signed by one Mrs. M. Abioye the Examination officer for Secretary Post Graduate School University of Ibadan. The fact that he has a Ph.D in African Studies is further confirmed in his certification and acknowledge pages in his thesis from the institute of African studies as well as the list of thesis from the institute of African studies as published on their website where Prof. Worugji's Ph.D thesis is listed among, particularly serial no 400.
From the brochure of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, the mandate of the institute is to run post graduate programmes in  leading to the award of MA,  Mphil and  Ph.D degrees in "CORE AFRICAN STUDIES" How then did Worugji who doesn't posses a Ph.D in Law become a Professor of Law? This has been the question on the lips of every staff and student in the Faculty of Law and the University at large.

The mother of all fraud is how Prof Worugji got promoted to the rank of a Reader (Associate Professor) in 2006 before obtaining his Ph.D in African Studies in 2010.  When the University of Calabar rules of 2002 stated clearly that one must acquire a Ph.D in the relevant discipline  before being promoted to the rank of a Reader. This "Miraculous elevation" has never occured in the history of the University of Calabar except in Prof. Worugji's case "the acclaimed EMPEROR".

From the above revelations, it seem Prof. Worugji has a phobia for studying Law as he always runs away from doing qualifying Law programs but still wants to benefit that comes with being a Lawyer.

On Rev (Prof.) Uhuka's Case, investigation reveals that he does not have a WAEC result. Prof. Uhuka claims to have obtained a diploma in Theology in the year 1980 having been born on 30th May1965. This means that Prof. Uhuka finished from secondary school and proceeded to obtain a Diploma before reaching the age of 15. An obvious imposibility.
Secondly he claims to have been awarded his diploma by the London Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the question that everyone seems to be asking is, when did London Chamber of Commerce and Industry start awarding diploma. Furthermore, he stated in his Curriculum Vitae that he holds a Bachelor of Science, Law (LL.B) from the university of Abuja when in fact, there is nothing like Bachelor of Science Law. Professor Uhuka is also suspected not to have gone to Law school as there is no evidence to show that he actually went to the Nigerian Law School, coupled with the fact that he doesn't even know the governing body of Lawyers in Nigeria as he refers to the NBA in his Curriculum Vitae as the National Bar Association instead of Nigerian Bar Association. It is also learnt that Prof. Uhuka did not participate in the NYSC Scheme as he has no NYSC certificate or exemption.

Further investigation shows that Prof. Uhuka has only three academic publication outside his LL.M and Ph.D thesis from unknown publishers which fall far below the required standard for people seeking employment as junior lecturers.

Remember it was earlier published that the two University Dons were expected to face panel bothering on accademic fraud following series of petition from Mr. Joe Agi SAN amongst others.

Recently, the University of Calabar was ranked first amongst Nigerian Universities. With this new found status, the war against academic fraud should not be taken lightly so as to maintain the standard and not to undermine the efforts of the present Vice Chancellor, the great alumnus of the University of Calabar, Prof. Zana Akpagu. The committee is therefore admonished to take its time to do its proper findings so as to maintain the sanctity of the Faculty of Law and University of Calabar in general.
Stay tuned for more updates.