EFCC arrests operator of fake degree- awarding college

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
has arrested a fake school operator allegedly awarding
degree
- The suspect, John Ogbonnaya, was arrested in Port
Harcourt, Rivers state
- National commission for Colleges of Education,
NCCE, had in 2008 barred all Colleges of Education in
Nigeria from operating satellite campuses


Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) Port Harcourt zonal office,
has arrested a fake school operator allegedly
awarding the National Certificate of Education
(NCE) and bachelor of education degree without
authorization and accreditation.
The EFCC which disclosed this on its Facebook
page said the suspect, John Ogbonnaya, was
arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. He
allegedly registered Havana International School
of Arts and Science in 2017 with two other
suspects: Monday Nwapi and Mrs Justina Okafor.
They are holding lectures in two centres in Port

Harcourt.
Brilliant International Schools, Nsukka street,
Diobu and Paragon City Light College, Agip area.
Since the inception of the main school, scores of
unsuspecting students have been defrauded and
made to pay for Application forms, school fees
and project fees.
The students were made to believe that Havana
International School of Arts & Science was
affiliated to four different institutions: Abia state
College of Education( Technical); Ebenezer
College of Education, Edda, Ebonyi state, Enugu
state college of Education and University Of
Calabar, Cross River state.
Investigations by the Commission showed that,
Havana International School of Arts and Science
had no valid affiliation with any of the four

Institutions.