The management of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, FUOYE, Ekiti State, has warned prospective students and candidates seeking admission into the institution against the antics of fraudsters, asking them to pay certain amount of money into the registrar’s account for a slot in the ongoing admission exercise.
The university said that a directive, which had gone viral on the social media compelling students to pay N15,000 for admission slot, did not originate from the institution, describing it as the handiwork of fraudsters.
In a forged letter-head paper with FUOYE’s logo, the fraudsters had asked prospective students and admission seekers to fill a form with their names, preferred courses, alternative courses, JAMB Registration Number, state of origin, local government area, LGA, JAMB score and N15,000 registration fee for approval into the registrar’s account.
The fraudsters particularly, said, “Kindly fill this admission slot form and submit it to the registrar with fifteen thousand naira (N15, 000) registration fee for approval.”
However, in a statement by the its Public Relations Officer, PRO, Mr. Foluso Ogunmodede, FUOYE said that the purported information making the round did not emanate from the university.
It, therefore, asked the public to disregard it, as admission into the university was not a cash and carry basis, but strictly on merit and excellence.
The statement reads, “The attention of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has been drawn to admission form which has gone viral on social media, asking prospective students and admission seekers to pay N15,000 into the registrar’s account as registration fee for approval.
“This is the handiwork of fraudsters as the university, which placed premium on excellence and merit, will not require students or admission seekers to pay N15,000 into any unauthorized account.
“We disassociate ourselves from these fraudulent act and the purported admission fraud, while warning admission seekers to disregard this as emanating from the university.
“The university did not authorise the viral admission fraud and we have no intention to charge admission seekers for any admission form with a view to paying money into a private account.”
