Gulu University arrested four men on Saturday who tried to take entrance exams for medical students using fake identification cards. Examiners spotted the fraud when photographs on forged national IDs failed to match the appearance of suspects who showed up for the mature-age pre-entry tests.
University spokesman James Ojok Onono said the men admitted they obtained counterfeit documents from Nassar Road in Kampala. The fake IDs bore the names of registered candidates while displaying pictures of the impostors who attempted the examinations. Investigators detained Enoch Ssempija, Lawrence Mukiibi, Hama Abaho, and Williams Aine at the campus police station.
Officials said 302 applicants qualified to sit for the tests that allow Ugandans aged 25 and older to enter higher education through alternative admissions. The university called the scheme an academic crime and promised stronger security for future examination sessions. Police registered the case and plan to transfer it to Gulu Central station for prosecution.
University spokesman James Ojok Onono said the men admitted they obtained counterfeit documents from Nassar Road in Kampala. The fake IDs bore the names of registered candidates while displaying pictures of the impostors who attempted the examinations. Investigators detained Enoch Ssempija, Lawrence Mukiibi, Hama Abaho, and Williams Aine at the campus police station.
Officials said 302 applicants qualified to sit for the tests that allow Ugandans aged 25 and older to enter higher education through alternative admissions. The university called the scheme an academic crime and promised stronger security for future examination sessions. Police registered the case and plan to transfer it to Gulu Central station for prosecution.
