BY EMMA AMAIZE
WARRI— A 400-level medical student of
Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka,
in Delta State, has been arrested by the
police for allegedly hacking into
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s phone.
The student, who failed in pharmacology
and pathology course sent a text
message, purportedly from the
governor, to the Vice Chancellor, Prof
Eric Arubayi, requesting him to upgrade
his scores.
Vanguard gathered that enraged
Govenor Uduaghan asked the vice
chancellor to report the matter to the
police and ensure the student was
arrested when the matter was brought
to his knowledge, as he never sent such
message.
The affected student in a statement to
the police, however, denied the
allegation.
Investigation by Vanguard showed that
the matter was causing ripples in the
university, as the university authorities,
apparently responding to the request,
upgraded the score of the student in
pharmacology.
The poser by concerned stakeholders is:
Assuming, but not conceding that the
text message emanated from the
governor, should the vice chancellor
have altered the scores of a student
that failed his examination?”
This is, however, not the first time the
governor’s phone had been hacked into
by fraudsters. They had hacked into his
Airtel and MTN phone numbers in the
past as well as his email address.
The first text message to the vice
chancellor on July 24 reads: “My able
VC, Chief Tony Anenih called me in
respect of one boy that just wrote
pathology and pharmacology exam in
400 level Medicine. My able Prof, I
want you to ensure that boy passes, you
know I cannot afford to disappoint Chief
Tony Anenih. Am in a meeting. These
are the details. CHS/04/05/88406.”
Thinking that the text message was
actually from the governor, as it came
from the number with which he saved
the governor’s name, Uduaghan 1 in
his phone, Prof Arubayi replied, asking
for the student’s name to which the
hacker replied: “His name is Imala W.
Kelly. My able VC, all I want is the boy
to pass. Chief Tony Anenih has been
calling.”
DELSU vice chancellor, Prof Arubayi,
confirmed to Vanguard in his office,
Monday, that he, in fact, received the
said text message and contacted the
governor after the scores of students
who scored between 48-49 in
pharmacology was upgraded to 50 based
on standing regulation of the university,
“but he denied ever sending me such a
text message.”
He said the Academic Board of the
College of Health Sciences had met and
approved the scores in pathology, which
the student scored 46, and there was
nothing that could be done about it,
other than for the affected person to go
for a resit, adding: “That is what I
advised the governor.”
Prof Arubayi told Vanguard that it was
the Provost of the College of Sciences,
Dr. John Ohaju-Obodo, that drew his
attention about a week after that a text
message, purportedly from the
governor, appointing him chairman of a
juicy government committee was
received by him, but when he contacted
the governor, he told him it was a
scam.
He said he wasted no time when he
confirmed the truth from the governor
in summoning the student and handing
him over to the police for cyber crime.
“I am even surprised that the police
have not charged him to court, as far as
I am concerned, this is an EFCC case,”
he said.
He said the student was currently facing
a disciplinary panel for breach of
matriculation oath, but lamented that
he had not appeared before the panel.
A university source said the student had
been suspended, but as at Monday, he
was seen attending lectures and had
refused to vacate his room despite
orders to that effect from the
authorities.
Prof Arubayi laughed when told by
Vanguard that he was being accused of
examination malpractice, saying, “Did
the student give me money to change
his scores or is he a girl to say that she
is my girlfriend, what was done was
based on the regulation of the school,”
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof
Chukwuemeka Peter Aloamaka and
provost, Dr Ohaju –Obodo told
Vanguard that no unilateral decision was
taken by the vice chancellor, as the
appropriate organ looked into the
matter before upgrading the scores of
five to six students based on the
institution’s regulation. source vanguardngr.com

Humm, sharp guy

D GUY SHARP LIKE CUTLASS

did he hack or he used customised sms