The Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Prof. Ibrahim Garba has at last confirmed that Sen. Dino Melaye graduated from the institution in year 2000.
Prof. Garba told the Senate Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions that the Senator graduated with a 3rd class degree in Geography in the third semester of 1998/99.
He added however that Sen. Melaye however graduated as Melaye Daniel Jonah and not as Dino Melaye as he is now known. He said his degree was B.A Geography and not BSc Geography.
“From the records I know Sen. Dino Melaye, who was formerly known as Jonah Daniel Melaye as former student of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and I know him to be the distinguished senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“From the records of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria , Distinguished Senator Dino Melaye who was at that time named Daniel Jonah Melaye graduate with a third class degree of the Bachelors of Art in Geography in the year 2000. And by this he is a graduate of the university.
“In my honour I reaffirm that Sen. Dino Melaye graduated as Daniel Jonah Melaye during the third semester of the 1998/1999 academic session with a 3rd Class Degree in Geography, that is Bachelors of Arts in Geography,’’ he said.
Following a point of order raised by the former Leader of the Senate Ali Ndume, the Senate directed its committee on Ethics to investigate the alleged certificate scam against Dino.
The Committee was also given the go ahead to probe the alleged importation of a bullet proof Range Rover Sports SUV by the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki.
At the beginning of the investigation on Monday, Melaye presented his documents to the 8th member committee chaired by Sen. Sam Anyanwu.
Some of the documents presented included: Offer of Admission dated September 6, 1994: Letter of Acceptance of admission, and NYSC discharge certificate.
He also presented evidence of other post graduate degrees obtained in different institutions but said he could not present his first degree from ABU Zaria as he had not collected the original copy of the certificate.
So much tension had been generated over the qualification of Mr Melaye whom many of his critics on social media alleged never graduated from the said university as he claimed.
