Army authorities in Abuja yesterday confirmed that 60 lieutenants arrested over examination malpractice may likely face court-martial.

Though, the names of the officers who were involved in the ‘Lieutenant to Captain’ promotion examination misconduct were not known as at press time, but army sources told Daily Trust that 60 officers have since been arrested and that they are currently being interrogated.
“60 officers, out of the 315 that sat for the examination are facing a military board of inquiry consisting of military police at the 1 Division in Kaduna,” the source said.
The officers were said to have fraudulently obtained questions days before the date slated for the exams. The source revealed that trouble started when some officers who did take part in the fraud demanded the outright cancellation of the exams on the grounds that only those allegedly involved in the fraud passed the promotional examination.
A Daily Trust source also revealed that those arrested by military police were picked up in Akwa Ibom State.
It was also learnt that even though the army authority sent out circulars advising participants not to enter the examination hall with cell phones, the alleged chief culprit who was simply identified as Lieutenant Taofik was caught with a cell phone in which some of the answers to the questions were loaded.
It was gathered that the officer bolted away immediately after he was discovered with the examination questions, but before then he had allegedly distributed it to his friends and colleagues about 60 of them.
It was also learnt that effort is being made to trace the route of the fraud but that the principal actors, among who is the clerk have all fled from the long arm of the law.
Following the incidence, the remaining 240 officers have called on the examination officials, particularly the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and the Army authority to move towards cancelling the examinations as it does not encourage proper career development.
Director of Army Public Relations Brigadier General Ibrahim Attahiru confirmed the incident and said the army corps of military police has stepped in to investigate the matter
explaining that anybody found culpable would face court martial.
He said a total of 316 officers sat for exams in six modules and questions for one module leaked. The module has been cancelled, he added.
He said the examination which took place in Kaduna between February 10 and 15 was aimed at “assessing officers’ knowledge on land and tactical employment of a mechanized platoon up to combat team level and also to expose young officers to practical methods and techniques of administering men and material in peace and war.”

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php/news-news/52048-60-army-officers-arrested-over-exams-malpractice

Hmmmm. First to comment for the first time... Signs of good to come , plus malpractices are everywhere

Na waoo. So even army dey do expo! Anyways, 2nd to comment, yipeeee!!!

........Na 2day we dey see malpractice for army
Promotional Exams Malpractice is directly proportional to how they entered the army... FACT!!!

na d same soldiers go slap u wen u do runs for jamb. now they r showing us how to do it beta.

Veryfunny,army self no dey carry last for crime,and if NA civilians do dis,dem fit beat ahm to death...anyway,3rd To comment...

Indiscipline of the highest order.They shud be court-marshalled $ demoted if found guilty 2 serve as deterrent 2 others who may like 2 cheat in future exams.

Even GEJ (our president) dey do exams malpractice
It is a normal thing in 9ja

[size=8pt]Where are we going in this country, when the so call people of high calibre are involved in exam practices.

Roric: ........Na 2day we dey see malpractice for army
Promotional Exams Malpractice is directly proportional to how they entered the army... FACT!!!

sad truth

Army dey do expo too?

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How come dis news makes frontpage?...its not a new thing 2us again in Nigeria,practically evry1 is corrupt in Nigeria!#Soothe

This exam no get name na WAEC OR NECO OR GCE , ABI NA G2 & COMMON ENTRANCE?

The Nigerian Army is a reflection of the Nigerian society.what do you expect from a society that breeds evil men and fixes such into places of authority based on nepotism thereby neglecting merit ?

This is a big slap to the Nigerian army and their recruitment policy which allow vagabonds into her institution.

God bless Gen. Ihejirika, am sure must have been going on for some time now.

umulobi: Indiscipline of the highest order.They shud be court-marshalled $ demoted if found guilty 2 serve as deterrent 2 others who may like 2 cheat in future exams.

pls u must knw dat if u did exams malpractice in anyway u'r 2 face 21days,so they shud go 4 21days not demoted. Thank u.

awon olodo

ceejay80s: This exam no get name na WAEC OR NECO OR GCE , ABI NA G2 & COMMON ENTRANCE?

Are you this daft ? It's an internal promotional exam within the Army not an entrance exam.

i thought every one was clamouring for federal character in army promotions? Since when did they pick interest in how the officers got to fulfill their quota alloted them based on federal character.

Uziehot: pls u must knw dat if u did exams malpractice in anyway u'r 2 face 21days,so they shud go 4 21days not demoted. Thank u.

and you think u've made sense? I seriously hope u dnt gt 2 judge over anythng in ur life.people like you would ask for a fine of 750k as against a crime of $2billion fraud

I BELIEVE THAT NIGERIA WILL ONE DAY SEE THE LIGHT. THIS IS THE BEGINING OF THE END OF MALPRACTICE IN NIGERIA.

Next is to mobilize these red eyed/angry soldiers to help jamb/waec supervisors. Candidates who are not ready to read will feel it!

Unknown Member: I wonder what exactly would be in their test questions for which they would need to cheat.


Question 1 (20 Marks)

You are at a checkpoint in Maidugiri when a trailer arrives. The driver is obviously underage, has no particulars, is drunk and does not have money to settle. What would you do?!

Answer: shout Shege damburuba! Come down now!! Ubanka!! dash him 2 standard military spec slaps, flog him 24 strokes with government issue koboko, make him do frog jump, kneel him down under the sun for 2 hours, make him roll in the mud and if he tries to run, cork my AK-47 and shoot him in the head, then plant evidence on him and call him a Boko Haram insurgent.

Chikina!

Ol Booooooooooooooooooooooy go take ur tabsooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Failed state
Failed nation
Failed army
failed people

But there is still hope for some Nigerians who are people of integrity.
ARE YOU ONE OF US.

Toafeek.I said it yesterday.Yoruba are dullard.The Alpha and Omega of examination Malpractice.

[color=#0000FF] just passing....

what a shameful act... even soldiers dey do that derogatory thing.

boolet: Hmmmm. First to comment for the first time...

teskyg: Toafeek.I said it yesterday.Yoruba are dullard.The Alpha and Omega of examination Malpractice.

click like if you want these boys to be trashed by Army Officers... They deserve some hot slaps!

teskyg: Toafeek.I said it yesterday.Yoruba are dullard.The Alpha and Omega of examination Malpractice.

if you really know what you are saying....u should be aware dat you are the greatest dullaard of the century....

Pls check very well, na aboki were dey no dey go school were quota system de favor them.