Abia State University (ABSU) has suspended the Head of the Department of Anatomy, Dr. Agbai Johnson Ukwa, over allegations of extortion, grade adjustment and other forms of academic misbehavior.
The suspension was disclosed in a social media post by education advocate and tech entrepreneur, Alex Onyia, who said the university took the action following ongoing examinations into supposed abnormalities in the organization.
According to Onyia, initial findings recommend that the lecturer might have been associated with “grade sorting” and other doubtful scholastic practices, consisting of allegedly demanding large sums of cash from trainees in exchange for passing assessments.
He even more declared that the Abia State Government has actually magnified its examination and is examining trainees’ results and mark sheets covering the last 5 years in the university.
Onyia alleged that some graduates’ results might be affected depending upon the outcome of the investigation.
In an earlier post dated May 9, Onyia identified the suspended speaker as the HOD of the Anatomy Department and declared that students were in some cases compelled to pay cash before being allowed to graduate, while others supposedly faced threats of failure or missing out on scripts.
Since the time of filing this report, Abia State University had actually not issued a comprehensive public declaration laying out the particular allegations against the lecturer or the period of the suspension.