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NSCDC arrests 12 UTME racketeers in Imo

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps [NSCDC] has arrested over 12 illegal Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination [UTME] registration operators in Owerri, Imo state.

The 12 were arrested in Owerri, Okigwe and Orlu geo-political zones in the state for inflating and accepting money above N4,700 officially slated for examination.

Briefing journalists on Monday, state Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Raji Ibrahim, said that operators were arrested at different times for the crime.

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Ibrahim stated that rates differed from one Computer-Based Testing centre to the other.

Ibrahim said,

“There are those who charged and collected N7,500 while others charge and collected N5,500 against the Federal Government N4,700. This is affecting parents and guardians who are paying for this admission examination”.

He stated that the arrests should act as a deterrent to others who were interested to inflate and collect unapproved price for the examination.

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Fielding questions one of the suspects, Mr Innocent Dike from Orlu in the state confessed to the crime but said that the inflation in the price was because the operations differed from one CBT centre to the other.

He said,

“We collect N500 for “Sweet 16 novel”. The accredited CBT centre is allowed to take N700 for the registration. In my case, the extra N800 is because before you can vend e-pin, you must have a valid email address and profile code. We credit the email with N300 while the extra N500 is to transport the candidate for my office to the accredited CBT centre”.

Another suspect, Miss Ngozi Eke who hails from Ahiazu Mbaise in the state said that the overpricing was owing to logistics problems.

“We use the money to direct him on how to fill the form”, she added.

 

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