Barrister Solomon Dalung has alleged that he sacrificed his master’s degree to challenge Professor Joash Amupitan over the alleged downgrading of academic results for law students at the University of Jos.
Speaking on Trust TV News, Dalung claimed that during the 2009–2010 academic session, when Amupitan served as Dean of the Faculty of Law, 16 students had their Second Class Upper (2:1) results altered.
He further alleged that some “special students,” including senior police officers and politicians who were reportedly absentee students, graduated with 2:1 degrees during the same period.
Dalung said he took up the fight on behalf of the affected students despite being warned that continuing the struggle could affect his own academic progress. According to him, he chose to proceed and “sacrificed” his master’s programme in the process.
He explained that pressure mounted on the faculty eventually led to the restoration of 2:1 results for eight of the students, while two others did not regain theirs. Dalung added that his own academic results were withheld for two years and that his certificate took between four and five years to be issued.
He argued that academic boards are often believed to take collective decisions, but claimed that the faculty board at the time operated as a “one-man show” under Amupitan’s leadership.
Dalung said the incident formed part of the basis for his criticism of the integrity of the current electoral leadership, insisting that the matter reflected broader concerns about accountability in public institutions.
