How Nigerians were misled about Dino Melaye’s ‘best graduating student’ claim

Over the weekend, the internet went abuzz with the claim that a former federal lawmaker, Dino Melaye, graduated as the best student at Baze University’s Faculty of Law.

“Senator Dino Melaye Graduates From Baze University, Reportedly Emerges Best Graduating Law Student. Congratulations Sir”, the post reads.and many other blogs, the story made headlines, with comments attesting to the academic prowess of the ex-lawmaker. Most of the blogs claimed Mr Melaye’s aide, Bode Gbadebo, published the claim on his Facebook timeline.

However, Dubawa ran a verification on the image and found it to be one of those classes the trio attended at the university. Snapshots taken from the convocation booklets show Dino Malaye actually graduated from Baze University, Faculty of law but not as the best graduating student “Mr Melaye’s aide, Bode Gbadebo, posted a picture of him on Facebook, alongside other individuals adorned in an academic dress, with the caption “Senator Dino Melaye graduates from Baze University, emerges best graduating law student,” a paragraph in the story reads., who described himself as ‘Online Editor at Leadership News’ back till October 20. Although the journalist made several comments within the period, none was attributed to Mr Melaye or his graduation.

Abeg make we hear word with this misled. What has his being the best graduate got to offer us. When u elected into the office do u have a diff certificate for the best graduating student? The question should be, did he graduate and was certified a graduate by the sch?

Nigerians & frivolities! Why should Dino going to school or Dino graduating make news headlines?

Great work by dubawaNG and PT in getting to the bottom of this. It may seem trivial to some, but exactness in small things … It’s also clear that dino_melaye himself didn’t make the claim, and rebutted it when asked.

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