NIGERIA- Two applicants to the Ogun State School of Nursing, Ilaro were nabbed for impersonation by the school authority and handed over to the police.

The above was revealed by the Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oladokun Soyinka in Abeokuta, adding that the names of the suspects would be withheld.

He said they  were caught by the officials of the ministry during the auditing of newly admitted students for 2013/2014 academic session.

According to sources, Soyinka claimed that during  an interrogation,  one of them confessed to the crime, while the other was adamant, adding that the duo would forfeit their offers.

He said they were caught replacing the passport photographs of the mercenaries cellotaped to the admission letter with theirs.

“The ministry is tightening its procedures because of rampant examination malpractices. The suspects were caught by the officials of the ministry during the auditing of newly admitted students for 2013/2014 academic session.

“In the process, two candidates whose records throughout the admission exercise showed them to be male students, applied for female hostel accommodation.

“The students perpetrated the act by replacing the passport photographs of the mercenary cellotaped to the admission letter with theirs.”

“The students’ first names were those that are commonly used by either gender.” He said