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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, WARRI & ANOR
V.
ODEDE

(1998) JELR 45607 (CA)

Court of Appeal 1 Dec 1998 Nigeria
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- The respondent, Gladys Odede, was a student at the College of Education, Warri. - She was charged with failing to submit her examination scripts, which is considered an examination malpractice. - The respondent claimed to have submitted t

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Suit Number:CA/B/338/96
Judges:SUNDAY AKINOLA AKINTAN Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MAHMUD MOHAMMED Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria RAPHAEL OLUFEMI ROWLAND Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:R.C. Oginwem For Appellant J .E. Onovae For Respondent

MOHAMMED, J.C.A.: (Delivering the Leading Judgment): Gladys Odede, the respondent in this appeal was a student at the College of Education. Warri, the 1st appellant since 1989. Some time in 1991, the respondent was among the students of the institution sitting for the semester examinations in an examination hall. The duration of the phonology paper which the respondent was writing was 3 hours, However 15 minutes before that time, the respondent left the examination hall. When the invigilators in the examination hall checked the written papers submitted by the students at the end of the examination period, it was discovered that one script was missing. On further cross-checking of the scripts against the attendance sheet, it was discovered that the missing script was that of one Gladys Odede the respondent. When the respondent was invited and questioned about her missing scripts, she stated that she had submitted the papers to a female Youth Corper who was in attendance as one of the i…

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