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chukel:
what are u doing here? I ask again, dem do you? Are u not the one I showed all the 98, 99 and 2000 graduating list of faculty of science, department of Georgraphy ABU? Was Dino on any of the list? Was there any BA geography on those lists. Don't u have shame. All the graduands had BSc geography. Kai

Aonkuuse:
The qualification scandal that has enveloped the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has deepened.

Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria said it only offers B.Sc. Geography and not B.A. Geography as reflected on Melaye’s statement of results. But Melaye’s Bachelor of Arts statement of results has ABU logo.

Documents obtained exclusively by Saturday Punch through painstaking and thorough investigations showed that the embattled senator has a Bachelor of Arts certificate in Geography from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State.

The senator, apart from bagging a third class as shown in the statement of result (image below), also possesses a diploma certificate from the University of Jos.

However, the senator only has a statement of results from ABU. And not only that, checks at the university revealed that it only offers B.Sc. Geography and not B.A. Geography as reflected on Melaye’s statement of results.

Melaye’s trouble began on Monday, March 20, 2017 when an online news medium, Sahara Reporters, in a tweet alleged that the senator did not graduate from ABU for his first degree, against his claim that he studied Geography in the prestigious institution.

The news medium also alleged that Melaye, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, bribed his Head of Department, who assisted him to forge his transcript.

In a series of tweets via its Twitter handle, @SaharaReporters, the online news medium said some lecturers in the Geography Department insisted that Melaye did not graduate from the department and that his name was not on the graduation list because he failed five compulsory courses.

Following the report, which gained traction speedily, Melaye dismissed the allegations, daring the news medium to sue him if it had authentic evidence to back its claims.

He took to his twitter handle and wrote, “Sahara Reporters, please sue me and ABU if it is true that I did not graduate from Zaria. Tell Magu (EFCC Chairman) to arrest and prosecute me.”

Melaye also boasted that he was currently a student in ABU pursuing his seventh degree, adding, “Go round all the UNIS (universities) I attended in digging more.”

A day after the news broke, Melaye, while speaking on the floor of the Senate, also addressed himself as an “authentic graduate” of ABU.

Meanwhile, when ABU was contacted to verify the conflicting information, the institution’s Information Officer, Adamu Mohammed, promised that the institution would come out with its position on Wednesday, which it failed to do as of the time of filing this report.

Amid the controversy, documents revealed that the senator had a statement of results with the logo of ABU.

The statement of results read, “This is to certify that Daniel Jonah Melaye having completed an approved course of study and passed the prescribed examinations as, under the authority of the Senate been awarded the Bachelor of Arts (Geography) with Third Class honours.”

The statement, issued by the Office of the Registrar, Academic Office and dated February 3, 2000, was signed by B.B. Mshelthlila.

There are, however, certain discrepancies that beg for more clarifications. For instance, in the statement of results, his name was given as “Daniel Jonah MELAYE.” However, checks by one of our correspondents on https://abu.edu.ng/ revealed that Geography is in the Faculty of Science and not the Faculty of Arts as reflected in the statement of results.

Also, in the senator’s NYSC discharge certificate, which was issued on July 8, 2001, his name read “Melaye Daniel” and not Daniel Jonah as shown in the statement of results.

Also, in the diploma certificate issued to him by the University of Jos on August 3, 2006, his name read “Daniel Dino Melaye.”

He was issued an Advanced Diploma certificate in Law, Security and Conflict Resolution. He finished with ‘Lower Credit’ on August 3, 2006.

However, in his Senior School Certificate in 1992, his name read ‘Melaiye Daniel Jonah O.’ with Melaye being wrongly spelt.

In the result, he had P8 in English Language, P8 in Mathematics, P8 in Geography, P8 in Chemistry, C5 in Christian Religious Knowledge, P7 in Economics, C6 in Biology and B3 in Agric Science.

When contacted again by a correspondents on his mobile telephone on Friday evening, the Information Officer, ABU, Mr. Adamu Mohammed, sounded hostile.

“Please, this is not official time; call me tomorrow, thank you, goodnight,” he said and hung up.

It will be recalled that in furtherance to his defence, Melaye had reportedly claimed that he obtained degrees from the prestigious Harvard University, London School of Economics and Political Science and a post-graduate degree from the University of Jos.

But in a swift response to an enquiry, Harvard University, in a statement from the Registrar’s office, on Thursday noted that Melaye was not a graduate of the institution as he only completed a week-long leadership seminar in November 2016.

The London School of Economics equally responded on Thursday, saying there was no proof on the institution’s database that Melaye obtained any degree from the school.

But on Thursday, he filed a N5bn libel suit against Sahara Reporters at a FCT High Court. Meanwhile, given the Senate’s decision to investigate the allegation and the uproar the report had generated, Melaye had since taken to the social media to exonerate himself of all the allegations.

Moments after he filed the suit, he took to the social media to post pictures of the cover and certification pages of his Master’s project, and a group picture of his days as a corps member, even though he was the only one not in uniform.

He wore a white T-shirt and blue shorts, adding that he served in Kaduna State in 1999. The caption on the picture read, “ABU 99 set at NYSC camp in KD. Me in blue shorts.”

Also, on Friday, Wikipedia, had edited Melaye’s profile to include ‘Certificate Scandal’, which briefly chronicled the issues surrounding the ongoing certificate brouhaha..

Source : http://www.nigeriatoday.ng/2017/03/dino-melayes-bachelor-of-arts-certificate-is-fake-abu/amp/

airmark:
Bachelor of Arts (Geography), Are you guys for real? It's just a matter of getting a statement of result of one of his course mates that year and compare.

OAUTemitayo:
Hope you will agree that Dino Melaiyes seems to be the only graduate whose name is missing from the Alumnus website.

doctokwus:
U shud be ashamed of yourself showing your face again.
To search ordinary name on a site,u still ended up disgracing whatever half baked education u received.
All d threads u open,u end up being shown to be a semi illiterate.Its only a dunce that wud be called out for their lack of proper education and they still end up arguing blindly.Comot shift,olodo!

Sanchez01:
Dear Sahara Reporters, since Harvard and the London School of Economics have both come out to say that Dino was never a student let alone a graduate of both schools, as he claimed, kindly beam your Searchlight towards the University of Abuja.

Ahmadu Bello University is on the brink of denying he graduated from there.

Who on God's earth would say Geography is in Faculty of Arts, if not Dino?

Geography Department was under the Faculty of arts and Social Sciences offering the degree of B.A (Honours) and B.Sc (Honours) in geography respectively. Presently, the department is under the Faculty Science offering only B.Sc in Geography. Apart from the undergraduate degree, the department offers Postgraduate Diplomas in GIS and Rural Development respectively and Masters of Science in Geography, GIS, Transport Management, Population and Demographic studies, Rural Development and Environmental Management respectively. We also offer Ph.D in Geography and Rural Development.

TGM2015:
Thank you, as posted in the provided link, I was able to find 2 of the names. Hence, the OP cannot be ignored only that we can not rely on the site FOR NOW to conclude that Dino did not graduate from ABU as we can not also verified if the listed names (as you have posted) genuinely graduated from the University.

madridguy:
Going by the claim of madrid wetin? Are you Dino payed agent?

iboboyswag:
I hope by now you can see that all the names you listed have been seen to be graduates of ABU? Let your principal bring another excuse.

chukel:
I have found 5 names out of the 6 there. I'm sure the last one will be there too. Geoge-akapson nenadi Esther is there too. Guy cover ur face in shame. Dino did not graduate. And don't drag other innocent people into Dino's mess.

NgeneUkwenu:
Supporter of corruption, why did you abandon your thread?

OAUTemitayo:
Engineerboat where are you?

doctokwus:
The guy is an irredeemable dimwit.
Simple research of names he cant do.See d way he scurried out of this thread,disgraced again.

OkoNDOoBo:
engineerboat olodo!!!

OkoNDOoBo:
olodo you have failed ur pay master!!!!

agabusta:
Instead of Engineerboat to maintain his threads of giving us his biased political court cases' updates, he is dabbling into superficial research and still publicising his ignorance on same all over Nairaland.

Just this afternoon i comes across a a thread below.

https://www.nairaland.com/3700707/dino-melayes-name-missing-abu#54888311

Well after some research on ABU website and Geography Department i will say that The OP of the thread. (Dino Melaye Name missing in Abu Alumni Website) may not be correct until proven otherwise.

Going through the department of Geography ABU zaria.

1. Our Prominent Alumni:

Department of Geography has made the following Alumni

Hon. Usman Shehu Bawa
Professor Jerry Gana
Hon. Nemadi Esther Usman
Dr. Lazarus Gaza
Alhaji Diggi
Hon. Umar Musa Ma’ali

TGM2015:
Nice one, please need to ask you a question. I checked the website and find a link for registration. I know that at graduation point all graduating students are registered to alumna list and maybe not necessarily the website.
My question now is, starting from you did you or any of your relatives you searched for, at any time registered on the platform or through other means? If yes, Dino might probably not have registered and if no, then you have nailed it very hard as the university has decided to carry out a research study and setup investigation panel to determine whether someone graduated or not.
I wonder if the sol has an exams and records department, I have been to very remote villages with no administrative system, headed by incompetent head teacher and never heard them telling me to come back for result verification even though they delayed for hours by finding files upon files, the results for the students will be found. Now a whole university needed the Senate to sit and governing board to confirm whether their students graduated or not is still beating my imagination while some gullible ones are saying what should wait for the university official statement.

kolado:
This evidence is very cogent. You've nailed it. Front page abeg

iboboyswag:
I reckon we sign a petition that this post makes front page.

All those in favour, like and share!

Lalasticlala, seun, mynd44

farous:
I wonder oo,if its Tonto Dike or curvy sexy actress this and that,they will quickly rush and place it on FP