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A forensic investigation firm has recommended that University of Fort Hare inform University of Pretoria that its alumnus Professor Edwin Ijeoma used fake qualifications in his application to get admitted for a PhD he later obtained. | MaliDayimani

Professor Edwin Ijeoma, who was suspended for allegedly defrauding the university of Fort Hare.

A chain of events that led to the University of Fort Hare finding itself engulfed in a degree scandal began at the University of Pretoria . This is where the key figure behind the Fort Hare scam, Professor Edwin Ijeoma, was conferred with a PhD after having secured admission using fake qualifications.

A damning forensic investigation report compiled by the Cape Town-based Horizons Forensics firm, which Fort Hare commissioned to investigate all of Ijeoma’s qualifications, has offered a glimpse into the scandal.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.

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