Students of Delta State University have alleged that they are being extorted of N4,000 each annually by the school authorities. According to the students, the alleged extortion has been going on for almost two years.
The student said,"As we talk, the magazine is moribund but still the VC and the bursar forced new intakes to pay the N4,000 each for the same moribund magazine, 'Delta @ 25' that we don't see till we graduate. Even those doing clearance after graduation are made to pay this N4,000. The student said the magazine had not been given to her till date, describing the act as"a serious fraud going on unnoticed in the institution, especially in the bursary department headed by Egbare".
He said the sum of N4,000 was allegedly extorted from him by the school's authority on Tuesday, December 2, 2021 when he went for his clearance in Abraka."This is a draft showing payment I made in favour of the school at the bursary department.
Speaking with SaharaReporters on the issue, an official of TONDEK Agency, the firm publishing the institution's magazine, 'DELSU @ 25', Anthony Arugba, described the N4,000 payment for the institution's magazine by the students as a 'monumental fraud' going on in the school.