{"id":89369,"date":"2021-12-01T03:10:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T02:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89369"},"modified":"2021-12-01T03:10:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T02:10:08","slug":"alleged-fraud-court-upholds-withdrawal-of-orji-kalus-university-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/alleged-fraud-court-upholds-withdrawal-of-orji-kalus-university-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged Fraud: Court Upholds Withdrawal Of Orji Kalu\u2019s University Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1717892906717575865\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A court of appeal sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has upheld the withdrawal of the Bachelors\u2019 degree certificate of former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzo Kalu, by the Abia State University.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe presiding judge, Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, on Tuesday, thereby, nullified the judgement of a high court in Isikwuato, Abia State which had restored the Bachelors\u2019 degree certificate of the former governor.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the Abia State University withdrew Senator Kalu\u2019s certificate over allegations of fraud and breach of admission regulations concerning his graduation.<\/p>\n<p>But the former governor later approached a state high court in Isikwuato in Abia State challenging the allegations and the subsequent withdrawal of his degree by the university.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The appeal court\u2019s decision on Tuesday was on the grounds that the state high court in Isikwuato lacked jurisdiction over the matter.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court of appeal sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has upheld the withdrawal of the Bachelors\u2019 degree certificate of former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzo Kalu,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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