By Vera Chinonso Aliyu and Ishola Adeleke, YeyeNews.com, December 22, 2021
A mother (name withheld) has been arrested in the Lagos campus of Nigerian Law School (NLS) for impersonating her 22 years old daughter in a resit Bar examination. A source in the NLS told YeyeNews.com that the invigilators became suspicious of the mother after she was observed to be constantly adjusting a facemask into her face even as she was sweating profusely.
“Sweat was flowing freely down from her head during the examination but she kept holding the mask firmly against her face. That was when the invigilators suspected something is not right. After thorough check it was established that she was an impersonator. Further interrogation revealed that she was impersonating her daughter who had failed the examination the previous year”.
YeyeNews.com was not able to speak with the arrested mother as the police insisted on interrogating her first before she could be allowed to speak with any journalist. But her daughter told YeyeNews.com reporter that she wasn’t aware of her mum’s plan to impersonate her in the exam. “Though, I told my mum I wouldn’t be going for the exam because I would be attending an audition for a movie role, I never asked her to go and impersonate me. Besides, what does she intend to write? She didn’t study Law at school. I don’t even know how she managed to beat the security and gained access to the hall. This is scandalous”.
But one of the exam invigilators who pleaded anonymity revealed that the mother seem to be doing well in the examination considering that she never studied Law. “The script that we seized from her indicate that she was doing very well. Her answers were very organized and rich in relevant citations of legal authorities. I am surprised she had no background in Law”.
When asked if its possible she came into the examination with an already prepared script, the source said that was not a likely scenario. “No one can come into the hall with even a sheet of paper. There are machines at the entrance that will detect any hidden material in any candidate. The woman claimed she used one week to study her daughter’s notes and did extensive research on the course before coming for the examination. She is obviously a very brilliant person. Though her daughter is not dull but she seems to have her priorities elsewhere. Now the DG of the Law School is considering to quietly withdraw the case against the mother but the daughter will be expelled from the Law School. Her decision to chose to attend a movie audition instead of her resit exam shows she is undeserving of practicing the noble profession of Law”.
