Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- Kenneth Nnaji, a staff member of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU) in Anambra State has been accused of engaging in admission fraud in the institution.

NAU, popularly known as UNIZIK, is a federal university in Anambra State.

The university's spokesperson, Louis Njelita, said in a statement on Saturday that Mr Nnaji was accused of collecting N400,000 from a prospective student's mother.

He said Mr Nnaji works at the Personnel Unit (Statistics) of the Registry Department in the university.

Mr Njelita said the staff member collected the money on the basis that he would secure admission for the prospective student into the Faculty of Medicine of the university.

"However, the deal was later renegotiated for ad...