Fraudsters Disguise as Admission Officers, Beware - OAU To Admission Seekers

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife through its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju have been warned the Parents and guardians of candidates seeking admission into the to be weary of fraudsters who parade themselves as admission officers.

Giving the warning in a release by the, it stated that one of such alleged fraudsters who claimed to be the admission officer of the university, gave his name as Omodele Taiwo Ezekiel.

Omodele who was said to be an indigene of Erinjiyan Ekiti according to Olanrewaju, has been nabbed by the security operatives of the university after he had collected over N600,000 from two parents seeking admission into OAU for their children.

According to Olarewaju: “Taiwo Omodele’s attempt to collect additional N100,000 from his two victims eventually led to his arrest.

“Upon interrogation, he admitted committing the crime and collecting the money, but blamed the devil for pushing him into the act.