Nigerian Navy Throws Out 55 Trainees Over Forged Certificate

The Nigerian Navy Basic Training School (NNBTS), Onne, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday, withdrew the admission of 55 trainees, including four women, for alleged certificate forgery.

The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Naval Training Command, Apapa, Rear Admiral Azubuike Ajuonu, made the fact known to newsmen in Lagos.

Azubuike said that the suspects had been handed over to the police in Port Harcourt for further investigation.

He said that if found guilty, the trainees, who spent three months in the school, risked seven years imprisonment.

The FOC said that the command had a process of weeding candidates with fake school certificates through verification from various examination bodies.

“The verification is a continuous process; nobody will come to navy with false certificate and nobody will come to navy with a brother’s certificate.

“If you want to join the navy, come with your genuine certificate,’’ he said.
The FOC said the alleged falsification of results was discovered during a verification carried out for more than 1,000 trainees.

He said that some of the certificates could not be verified due to lack of examination number.

“Some grades were altered on certificates, some had invalid candidates’ number, some results were not available for the candidates’ in specified year.

“Grades and names on certificates in some cases were different from the results online,” Azubuike said.
The main objective of the school was to conduct basic training for officers and ratings.

The FOC warned those who might want to indulge in falsification of results with the hope of getting admission to Navy school to desist.

Azubuike promised that the Nigerian Navy would do everything possible to follow the case to a logical conclusion.

Source:pmnews