The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has
reportedly denied claims by Senator Dino Melaye that he acquired a
degree from the school. This is according to a new report released by
Sahara Reporters. Read the full report below...
The fiasco over Senator Dino Melaye’s fraudulent claims of possessing
several degrees and certificates has continued to escalate as
SaharaReporters learned today that the London School of Economics and
Political Science (LSE) has discredited the senator’s assertion that he
possesses a degree from the UK university.
The university stated that it had absolutely no
evidence that the senator received any formal education at the reputable
university. LSE, which is based in London, is one of the higher
institutions of learning where Mr. Melaye claimed that he had earned one
certificate or another.
In an email to SaharaReporters, Candy Gibson, a Senior Media Relations
Officer at LSE, stated,
"We have checked our records and can find no evidence of Dino Melaye
having any degree qualification from the London School of Economics and
Political Science.”
Mr. Melaye, who runs no known form of business but flaunts his material
possessions, especially such expensive automobiles as Bentley and
Lamborghini, had claimed that he obtained seven degrees from several
institutions, including Harvard and LSE.
Under scrutiny, the senator’s academic claims have been exposed as bogus
after a colleague of his, Senator Ali Ndume, urged the legislative body
last Tuesday to probe Mr. Melaye’s educational records.
On various sites, including the official Senate online page as well as
such social media forums as LinkedIn and Twitter, Mr. Melaye claimed
that his educational profile includes degrees from seven universities.
He created the impression that he earned three degrees from Ahmadu Bello
University (ABU) in Zaria, his first university where he purportedly
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Geography.
Among his discredited or questionable academic claims are the assertion
that he studied at the University of Abuja for a Masters in Policy
Analysis, and received degrees from the London School of Economics and
Political Science, Harvard University and a post-graduate degree from
the University of Jos.
SaharaReporters has confirmed that at least two of these claims are
outright falsehoods.
The registrar’s office at Harvard University noted in a statement that
while Mr. Melaye completed a week-long leadership seminar in November
2016, he did not graduate from the university. Then, just today, the
London School of Economics and Political Science responded to our
correspondent’s inquiry by stating unambiguously that there was no proof
on the institution’s database that Mr. Melaye obtained any degree
qualification from the school.
At one point, officials at ABU indicated their plan to make a statement
on whether Mr. Melaye completed his coursework in the Department of
Geography. However, they may have abandoned the plan following
resistance from key officials of the Geography Department who insist
that the senator never met the criteria for graduation.
Since last Tuesday when SaharaReporters broke the report that Mr.
Melaye’s academic claims were hollow, the flamboyant senator tweeted a
threat to sue the website for N5 billion.
Examination officers at the Department of Geography, where Mr. Melaye
spent almost eight years as a student, told our correspondent that the
senator never fulfilled his course requirements to graduate. They
accused then Head of Department of Geography, David Ogbonna, of cooking
up results to enable Mr. Melaye to evade course requirements, which
included mandatory courses required for graduation.
SaharaReporters learned that since the certificate scandal broke, some
top officials of ABU had been pressuring the staff of Geography
Department to certify that Mr. Melaye graduated with a third class. A
source at the Geography Department told our correspondent that such a
certification would be fraudulent.
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