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.

www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/delsu-student-hacks-into-uduaghans-phone/

Observation.......... The VC should also be probed.

Hacking into phone We are making progress ICT-wise!

The VC should also be charged for malpractices, why should he upgrade anybody's scores just because a prominent person in power asked him?
This is exactly the prototype of the canker worm that has eaten deep into the Nigerian government.

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Hacking into phone We are making progress ICT-wise!

I agree. My suggestion, they should sentence him but no carry it out. The boy should change department, study telecoms and then work with the SSS.