A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has sentenced the provost of Adonai Advanced Institute of Management, Samson Orijugo, to three years in prison for forging a Lagos State University (LASU) document.

 

 

 

Justice Modupe Nico-Clay found Orijugo guilty of forging a notification of result on LASU letterhead to falsely claim that his institution was affiliated with the university.

 

 

 

 

The court held that the prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt.

 

 

 

 

The forged document was issued to a former student, John Chibuzor Okoro, after Orijugo allegedly misrepresented Adonai Institute as a LASU-affiliated school.

 

 

 

Evidence before the court confirmed that no such affiliation existed.

 

 

 

In delivering judgment, the judge dismissed Orijugo’s defence, ruling that the offence centred on forgery, not the issuance of a degree certificate. She held that Orijugo knowingly presented the document as genuine to deceive the student and his family.

 

 

 

Orijugo was convicted on two counts of forgery and sentenced accordingly.