Busted! Fake Nigerian Professor Arrested For Trying To Establish Private ‘British University’

A man who claims to be a Professor of Statistics has been arrested by the National Universities Commission (NUC) while trying to set up a private University. The ‘Professor’, identified as Ambi P.N, was at the NUC to as part of formalities required to set up his university, ‘Nigeria British University’, This Day reports. The NUC suspected foul play when he began to make contradictory statement when his professorial claims were questioned by the Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie. Ambi claims he got his Professorship from the Obong University, Akwa Ibom State and studied at the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana up to PhD level. He then went on to say he studied at the University of Ewe, Ghana. As if that was not enough, the ‘Professor’ added that he is a staff of Covenant University, presently on sabbatical at Obong University where he initially said he got his Professorship. The NUC, in a statement, said enquiries were immediately made to Covenant and Obong Universities, both of which denied any knowledge of him.     Ambi, and two accomplices, have since been handed over to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, the statement read. The NUC noted that inviting the team for interaction was to ascertain their level of commitment to the proposed university, and to determine if application forms should be issued to them. “Being mindful of the fact that his claims are false, his act amounts to a crime punishable by our laws” the NUC added.