Mr. Olaniran Satiregun, proprietor and Rector of the International College of Administration Science and Technology, located in Auta Balefi, Nasarawa State, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for running fake and unapproved academic programmes.

Justice Anyalewa Onoja-Alapa of the Federal High Court in Lafia handed down the sentence after finding Satiregun guilty on all three counts of obtaining by false pretence, in violation of Section 1 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had arraigned both Satiregun and the college in 2024. During the trial, ICPC’s lead counsel, Mr. Adesina Raheem, presented evidence that the institution deceived students into enrolling in unaccredited courses, including Nursing, Public Health, and Computer Science, between 2019 and 2021.

Investigations revealed that the college was only authorised by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to offer four specific courses. Despite this, Satiregun and the institution illegally admitted students into unauthorised programmes, falsely promising professional certifications and foreign degree conversions.

One of the charges presented in court detailed how the school collected ₦110,000 from a student, Onmonya Daniel Ogah, under the false claim of offering a three-year programme in Nursing and Public Health—courses the institution was not approved to run.

Justice Onoja-Alapa sentenced Satiregun to seven years imprisonment without the option of a fine. She also ordered the refund of all monies collected under the illegal programmes and directed the institution to limit its academic offerings strictly to the four NBTE-approved courses.