A Federal High Court in Katsina is to deliver ruling on the admissibility of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)slip in evidence, in the alleged exam malpractice case filed against two persons in Katsina State on Sept. 30.
By Zubairu Idris
A Federal High Court in Katsina is to deliver ruling on the admissibility of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)slip in evidence, in the alleged exam malpractice case filed against two persons in Katsina State on Sept. 30.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police charged Bolanwu Emmanuel and Ibrahim Abdulaziz with exam malpractice during the just concluded 2025 UTME, organised by the JAMB.
During the proceedings on Friday, the prosecution counsel, who is also the Officer-in-Charge, Legal, Katsina Police Command, Mr Abdussalam Danmaidaki, presented one Nuhu Hussaini, as witness before the court.
Hussaini told the court that on the April 30, Emmanuel, was verified and allowed into an examination hall at Zee Alpha International School Funtua, Katsina.
He said that while the examination was going on, a supervisor reported that the defendants were involved in examination malpractice.
“When checked for verification, I found the first defendant’s records but the second defendant’s records couldn’t be found in the computer.
“We handed them over to the security personnel together with the examination slip of the first defendant, containing his picture, details and the JAMB logo,” he said.
The defendants’ counsel, MT Steven, however, objected to the document to be tendered as evidence; he cited Section 84 sub-section 2, 3 and 4 of the evidence act, 2023, as amended.
He, therefore, prayed the court to reject the said document and mark same as rejected.
The prosecution counsel, Danmaidaki, on the other hand, qouted the same section of the law to prove his argument.
He further explained that NAIJAONPOINT printed the said document from the verbal information given by the dependant, inserted into a functional computer and came out with the details.
Danmaidaki said that alone has satisfied the law requirements of the evidence act.
He told the court that the exam slip of the first dependant was very relevant, and urged the court to admit it as evidence in the case.
After the counsel arguments, the judge, Justice Hussaini Dadan-Garba, adjourned the case until Sept. 30, for ruling on the admissibility in evidence or otherwise of the document and continuous hearing.(NAN)