SAN FRANCISCO, September 12, (THEWILL) – A 300-level Sociology student of the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, Mr. Jephthah Abolarin has notified the university’s authorities of his decision to withdraw from the institution, confessing that he obtained the results of his West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, through examination malpractice.
In a confessional letter of withdrawal addressed to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, DVC, Academics, Prof. Sidiqat Ijaiya on August 12, the student, who claimed to have become a ‘born again’ Christian, reasoned that continuing his university education using an unmerited certificate was unjust and immoral.
He was said to have explained that having encountered Jesus Christ and become ‘born-again,’ his decision to withdraw from the university was based on his newfound realisation that his foundation was faulty and as such, he cannot continue to be a student of UNILORIN.
Part of Abolarin’s letter to the DVC read, “Just as a house that was built on a faulty foundation will surely collapse, it is also certain that a career that is built on a faulty foundation will definitely collapse. All through my secondary school days, I was just a church ‘goer’, without genuine salvation and the fear of God. As a result, I got my WASSCE result through examination malpractice.
“By the grace of God, now, I have encountered the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which called for repentance and restitution.
“Sir, with deep conviction, I have realised that there is no point building my academic career on a faulty foundation; since the WASSCE result I got through malpractice is the basis in which my admission into this university was anchored.
“Therefore, I have decided to withdraw from the university and start all over again.”
Reacting to the letter on Sunday, the Kwara-based university’s Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun, confirmed the withdrawal of the student.
Akogun, who noted that the Senate of the university had accepted the withdrawal letter, added that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, commended Abolarin for his repentance and sincerity.
The Vice-Chancellor, Akogun added, wished Abolarin well in his future endeavour.
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