Nigerian singer, Korede Bello, frequent absence
from his school has allegedly caused the
failure of one of his schoolmates.
from his school has allegedly caused the
failure of one of his schoolmates.
The lecturers in Nigerian Institute of
Journalism (NIJ) in Ogba, Lagos even
threatened that they would resign if the singer
took semester exams.
The 18-year-old singer, however, later
apologised during a meeting with the school’s
management.
Reports have however surfaced that the
student who exposed Korede’s absence from
school has been failed by the institute for
incriminating the Mavin singer.
According to BlackBox Nigeria, the student,
Damilare Famuyiwa, was reportedly failed by
the school’s management for exposing Korede
Bello’s absence from school and possible
missing out of the recently held examinations
of the institute in accordance with the school’s
70% class attendance rule. It was alleged
that Damilare was marked down and handed
carry-overs in two courses while he also got
low marks in others.
Damilare was also allegedly threatened earlier
by the management to face a hard time in
passing out of the school. His classmates
claim that the alleged results of the alleged
victimised student came as a shock as he was
one of the most brilliant in his class. They
pointed out that Korede who rarely attended
lectures or participated in the Continous
Assessment, passed all his courses in flying
colours, presumably as a result of
manipulation of the system.
Damilare’s story has caused ‘Nigerian Young
Journalists Forum‘ and ‘Journalists For Christ,
JFC’ to fight the matter while he calls for his
scripts and challenge the results as allowed by
regulations guiding the school.
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