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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