Certificate scandal deepens as Dino Melaye’s name is missing from ABU alumni website


Fresh investigations conducted by NigerianEye.com has shown that the certificate scandal involving the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, is indeed very far from over, as his name was not found on the Ahmadu Bello University alumni website after a thorough check. 

It can be recalled that on Monday, March 20, when an online news medium, SaharaReporters, reported that the senator did not graduate from ABU for his first degree.

The senator had claimed that he obtained B.A in Geography from the institution.

Melaye had boasted that he was currently a student in ABU pursuing his seventh degree, adding, “Go round all the UNIS (universities) I attended in digging more.”

A day after the news broke, Melaye, while speaking on the floor of the Senate, also addressed himself as an “authentic graduate” of ABU.

On Saturday, NigerianEye conducted an online search for Melaye’s name on the website of ABU Alumni Association  (https://alumni.abu.edu.ng/list_records.php) did not give any result that shows that the embattled lawmaker is a graduate of the school.

His name, Daniel Jonah Melaye, as it appeared on a statement of result by the university, when searched, returned with no result/records.



A search for ‘Daniel,’ ‘Jonah’ and ‘Melaye’ separately,  returned different names.

A search for ‘Melaye’ brought up only one result: Melaye Sunday Ola (Biology Education), who graduated in 1980.


Another search for ‘Jonah’ did not bring up his name, NigerianEye further extended the search of 'Jonah' to the all time records from 1963-2017, 275 results were displayed and Daniel Jonah Melaye was not found.

The closest result to his name is DANIEL Akut Jonah, a graduate of Civil Law in 2008



After we searched for  ‘Daniel’ from the 1998/1999 alumni set to 2007, the results are: Abin Daniel John (BSc Geography; graduated in 1978); Adamu Kantsan Daniel (Institute Of Education Geography; graduated in 1992); Aniro Daniel Rabo (BSc Geography; no graduation date indicated); Atenji Daniel E. (BSc Geography; graduated in 1986); Beshiru Daniel (BSc Geography; graduated in 1980); Dada Daniel Adefila (BSc Geography; graduated in 1979); Awubra Daniel Akinkwe (Geography; graduated in 2002/2003); Daniel Bosede Biddy (BSc Geography graduated in 1983); Daniel Dogara Garba (BSc Geography; graduated in 2010); and Daniel Ezra Jatau (BSc Geography; graduated in 2011).


When we contacted the President, ABU Alumni Association, Prof. Ahmed Tijanni-Mora, he said only the university could confirm if Melaye graduated from the institution.

He said, “The registrars of universities are in the best position to provide information about who attended their universities or not.”

Last week, ABU’s spokesman, Mohammed promised that the institution would come out with its position on Wednesday, which it failed to do as of the time of filing this report.

It can be recalled that a document which revealed that the senator got a statement of result with the logo of ABU was obtained by journalists yesterday


The statement of result read, “This is to certify that Daniel Jonah Melaye having completed an approved course of study and passed the prescribed examinations as, under the authority of the Senate been awarded the Bachelor of Arts (Geography) with Third Class honours.”

The statement, issued by the Office of the Registrar, Academic Office, was dated February 3, 2000, and signed by B.B. Mshelthlila.

It was, however, observed that while the statement of result had the name “Daniel Jonah MELAYE”, the senator’s National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate, which was issued on July 8, 2001, read “Melaye Daniel;” his diploma certificate issued by the University of Jos on August 3, 2006 read “Daniel Dino Melaye”, and his Senior School Certificate in 1992 read ‘Melaiye Daniel Jonah O’ with Melaye being wrongly spelt.

Similarly, the University of Abuja, which Melaye claimed he had also attended, refused to comment on whether the senator obtained a master’s degree from the institution.
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  1. May God revile all betrayers of Nigeria and Nigerian's. Ameeen

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    1. A third class degree is common among those who didn't really go to school and are in the civil service. It helps them avoid the limelight, laying low so no one gives them tasks that expose them, while they just tag along and collect salaries. Ironically, after some result verification amongst departments and agencies, some colleagues of mine found out that this population is almost 83% of 3rd class holders.

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  2. Nigerian Eye please be mindful of your information. I graduated from ABU in 2008 and out of curiosity I just searched my name on the Alumni list and it wasn't there. Infact, there was no 2006, 2007, 2008 graduates on the alumni list from my department, as the search was limited to my dept alone. So before you conclude, please verify if ABU alumni list is updated before you base your findings on it.
    In light of this revelation, your investigation on ABU Alumni list to verify Dino Melaye is Alumni status is invalid and misinforming. This is not your fault but that of the instituitions Alumni Database.

    Please reply my comment and i will send you my Dept and faculty name to verify the ommitance of the said graduating years. When this is done and verified, kindly delete this post and tender an apology and write against the Alumni to be more credible.

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    1. If truly you are educated and a graduate as claimed in you post,you should understand what they wrote,the news only explained in details there findings which any sensible and responsible Nigerian could do.The news does not accuse Melaye but points to the fact that it could not be ascertained he graduated from ABU.Open your shut primitive mind and use your brain as a graduate is truly you are one

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    2. @Anonymous 9:50am When Mr A is being publicly accused of stealing and while still defending himself, sm1 else makes an innocent assumption "Mr A came to my house and I can't find my money, I'm not saying he took it but since he left, I can't find the money". This is what N.eye just did and You are so myopic in your reasoning, failing to see beyond your nose.
      You deviated completely from my argument "How Accurate is the ABU Alumni Database" and instead you rationally judged my intelligence. This clearly exposes your stupidity and the need to open your shut primitive mind and use your brains.
      Sometimes, you don't need someone to tell you your presence is not welcomed by reading their body language but I guess in your case, they have to spell it out for you as you brain can't read in between the lines from the title of this Post.


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    3. NE only stated that, Melaye name is missing just like yours is missing. No apology is required to anybody.

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    4. Umpire thank you for educating that person because I couldn't be bothered wasting time

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    5. This is an interesting topic. We don't need to be emotional here and we need to be careful. The news media know how they get our attention. This is somebody being accused of not graduating from a University and their heading seems to confirm that literally by saying his name was not listed. When I did the search by department and year, truly his name was not listed. Also when I searched his name, it was not listed. Then my further search for 1999 and 1998 graduates indicated that the same names were listed for both years. That means that clearly the website is faulty and cannot be used for any serious matter. Can you believe what this might cause? This further infuriated me seriously and made me sad and sorry for Nigeria. Now to the management of ABU, any person or group of persons including the contractor or consultant responsible for this website should be punished for misleading the public. Therefore, it would serve as a deterrent to others who are not committed to their work. In advanced world, they will honourably resign.

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  3. What a shame Nigerians attach importance to stupid and irrelevant humans.Any Nigerian who concludes that NE accused Dino Melaye of manipulation must be either being fed crumbs from his table or lack understanding of issues.If I told you I couldn't find details you claimed you had where it was meant to be,does not necessarily meant you have been accused of lying.I won't be surprised if all Nigerians with same mentality as Dino Melaye failed to reach same conclusion

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  4. No apology is require and the one that should tender that is the alumni for not updating their information.

    HOW CAN ONE HAVE 4 DIFFERENT NAME IN 4 DIFFERENT CERTIFICATE?

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  5. If truly Dino is a graduate of the said institution,let him publish his certificate as he did with his statement of results. He is the one dragging this issue, if he was able to publish all that he shld be able to do d same to the certificate and safe us all these stress. Unless he has a skeleton in his house. Thanks

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  6. From NE's search results, it is safe to say that all Geography graduates of ABU from 1998 to 2011 obtained BSc. None of them got B.A. So if Melaye graduated in 2000, where did the B.A come from?

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    1. You're so so reasonable in your submission. I kept on asking myself how come only Dino Melaye or is 'Melaiye' got his BA degree while others got BSc?

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    2. Hmmm! Now somebody is talking sense. I didn't even spot that. You should be working with the intelligence agency.

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  7. Wow... I enjoyed the comments more than the news post. Is any Nigerian site really up-to date? Imagine a University like ABU not having their Alumni records right... It's a pity.

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  8. We have a system that has both intrinsic and inputted errors. That has permitted some to take advantage and profit themselves again at the expense of the system. How did Melaye get admission into a prestigious University without the requisite qualification??? The issue of whether he completed the program or not, should not even arise. He shouldn't have been there in the first place!!!!

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  9. For you that is asking for apology, is it NE fault that Dino name was missing at the website, those names found there are they not ABU graduates.
    Dino could not show his certificate, his names were not coherent in all certificates he showed. He also show NYSC picture of 1999 set while his statement of result says 2000. Can't you see that there is something wrong. How he served and later graduate. You can not go to schools with different names, your name in your o'level results is what you will use throughout your academic year's and other programs.
    If he claimed to served his NYSC in 1999 and now it obvious that he didn't serve at all what does that shows.
    For all I believe, Dino did not have those certificates he claimed to have. And again, he did not know the different between diploma, seminar,masters degree and degree certificate, to him everything is degree that's shows that he's not a graduate.
    If he has those certificates he will display them like he display his cars. Because his a proud man.
    ABU is trying not to ruin him and again save the School name. Remember how Toronto was rubbished, that's what ABU is trying to avoid but the best thing for them to do now is to publish the result the gave to Dino so that all this wahala will end. Or come out and clarify all the issues about his results and how the admitted him with no O'level result because to me that o'level result I saw is no result, with that you can't say you have O'level.

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  10. What is wrong with Nigerians not realising that Dino Melaye is "special".He had just 3 O/Level credits,gained admission into uni where you are meant to have at least 5 credits,spent same years medical students spend to read medicine before being shown the way out of Zaria by university authority in "Let Dino Melaye Go" approach where he was signed off.He is so special Harvard university and London School of Economics and Political Science had to clarify their interactions with him.Dino Melaye was so special the commandant allowed him to wear different uniform during his youth service,I beg make Una hail the special senator

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  11. Go to ABU and confirm stop search online.

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    1. They actually contacted ABU who promised to issue a statement last week but failed to do so,exposing their inefficiency and unprofessional conducts here hopefully would make them clarify this shameless issue

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  12. From all indications, the guy did not graduate from ABU like every regular and normal student. He was a student activist and had issues with the authority and his studies. He has severally lied and his statement of results showed that he has B.A.geography whereas ABU offers B.Sc. geography. What a discrepancy? If Mr. Melaye, truly graduated and was given a certificate, he would have displayed it online ever since. He has displaced so many things, but none of them is worth his bachelor's certificate. It's a pity someone like this was allowed to thrive this much before being discovered. The world is watching.

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  13. We want youth to take over, we want youth to take control of the country. We are damn tired of you old men. Support Olatunde Bankole Aluko as president of Nigeria in 2019. We want to take over, you have done yours, you have tried your best to the best you could. Now we want to try ours, and we want you to see the difference between you old men and we the youth. I am contesting as Nigeria president in 2019.

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  14. Why is it that ALL his course mates graduated with Bsc, but Dino melaye graduated with ba. Why?? ??. Something is wrong somewhere. But God will unearthed the truth.

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  15. Haha ha ! Nigeria! The University offers Bsc in Geography but this man Dino got his in the same University in BA Geography . I agree he is special that is why they created his own field of specialization. Then they kicked him out. When people are forging they are not care sometimes because they are in hurry.If you know how time hide things others know how to find it.

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  16. Haha ha ! Nigeria! The University offers Bsc in Geography but this man Dino got his in the same University in BA Geography . I agree he is special that is why they created his own field of specialization. Then they kicked him out. When people are forging they are not careful sometimes because they are in hurry.If you know how to hide things others know how to find it.

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  17. There's no need crying blood over Dino's case of forged certificate. After all, we have a president who have no certificate but went to court with lawyers to stop any challenge asking for his certificate. Nigeria leaders with tissue papers as certificates.

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  18. There's no need crying blood over Dino's case of forged certificate. After all, we have a president who have no certificate but went to court with lawyers to stop any challenge asking for his certificate. Nigeria leaders with tissue papers as certificates.

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    1. Sometimes you let sentiment take over your mind,we are not talking about President but you have to show your stupidity. The President showed his certificate and you stupid people said it's not. The school confirmed he attended the school, you said no. The USA military school confirmed he attended their school, you said no. You forgot he was a General and a former head of state,and he has quality of a leader.
      The Nigeria constitution said for one to qualify for electoral position he must has first school leaving or its equivalent. The President never claim ABU or any university degree so you can't bring it up but because of your hatred you are bringing it up to support Dino. If everybody start reasoning like you what will our leaders be made off.

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    2. It's obvious that u have no sense of reasoning hence u're openly displaying ur stupidity here. If the President truly showed all u claimed he showed, why was he in court? But becus u're so foolish, u didn't and can never reason with ur fish brain. I pity u for ur stupidity.

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  19. Fake story,SR about Dino are not true.i am not taking side.i am very sure.

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  20. Fake story,SR about Dino are not true.i am not taking side.i am very sure.

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