A 66-year-old retired federal civil servant, Fredrick Omorieve and his
wife, Evelyn Omorieve, have been arrested by the police in Asaba, Delta
State, for allegedly sitting examinations for two of their children.
The
couple were arrested by officers of the Delta State Police Command, who
had been working on a tip-off over the Omorieves’ alleged involvement
in examination malpractice
.
Our correspondent learnt that the
couple were sitting for an examination in one of the “miracle centres”
operating in Edo State for their two children, (a male and female) when
they were arrested by plain-clothes policemen working on a tipoff.
The examination was the West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
After
their arrest at the venue of the examination, police detectives
reportedly took their statements under cautions and they were released
on bail.
The couple were, however, rearrested by the police on
Saturday around the Deeper Life Church Street, Anwai Road, Asaba. They
were accused of jumping bail and are currently helping the police for
further investigations.
Confirming their arrest, the Police
Commissioner in the state, Alkali Baba Usman, said their case file was
transferred from the Edo State Police Command to Delta after they were
alleged to have jumped bail after being arrested for alleged examination
malpractice.
Sources said the suspects had been under pressure
to assist two of their six children sit the examination last week
Thursday at one of the “miracle centres” in Benin-City, where police
detectives arrested them.
It was further gathered that the two
children had sat for the sub-regional examination more than three times
without passing despite series of lessons they attended before they were
re-enrolled at the “miracle centre” in Benin.
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