Nigeria, June 27 -- A student of an unnamed university in Delta State, South-south Nigeria, Jeremia Elele, has allegedly defrauded about 60 new students of the university of N15 million.

The police spokesperson in Delta State, Bright Edafe, in a video clip uploaded on his X handle on Friday said Mr Elele separately collected monies from victims in order to help them pay their tuition fees.

Mr Edafe, a superintendent of police, said the students separately gave the suspect between N250,000 and N300,000 each to pay their tuition fees.

PREMIUM TIMES understands that Mr Elele and most of the victims secured admission into the university through the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB)

JUPEB is a 10-month advanced-leve...