By Sar Terver
Archbishop Yimam Orkwar, General Overseer of All Nations Evangelism Ministry, Makurdi, and National President of the Christian Association of Clergies in Nigeria CAC-Nig), has accused Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN), Ibusa, Delta State, of attempting to unjustly prevent his daughter, Miss Tersen Princess Orkwar, from graduating this year despite allegedly meeting all academic requirements.
Speaking to journalists in Makurdi on Wednesday, Archbishop Orkwar said he was compelled to go public because what he described as “injustice and impunity” had persisted for weeks without any meaningful response from the university’s management.
He alleged that his daughter, a final-year student of International Relations in the Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Sciences, had completed all her courses and was expecting the release of her final results for the 2024/2025 academic session ahead of the scheduled graduation on November 29, 2025.
Instead of issuing the second-semester results, the university sent her a letter stating she could not graduate because she had allegedly failed and carried over nine 100-level courses, including GST 101, GST 105, BUS 101, IRS 101, IRS 103, FRE 107, POL 101, IRS 102 and IRS 103.
The Archbishop said he was shocked when he saw the letter because he had personally seen the official printout of his daughter’s results from the university portal.
According to him, that printout, which his daughter had saved and downloaded from the school’s Student Online Academic Portal (SOAP) for the 2021/2022 first semester, showed clearly that she passed all the courses the school now claims she failed.
He displayed the printout to journalists during the briefing as evidence. “How can a child study for four years, write all her exams, and pass, only for someone to come up with this kind of negligence or incompetence?” he asked. “We parents pay so much, especially in a private university now taken over by the federal government. It is wrong for someone to mishandle records like this and try to ruin a student’s future.”
He said the development reflects a bugger problem in Nigeria where people carry out harmful decisions because they believe there will be no consequences.
His attempts to reach the school’s management, he said, have been frustrating. “We have tried unsuccessfully to call the Head of Department. Since the federal government took over, they have brought in new staff.
The VC is new, the HOD is new, the Dean is new. The only people we were able to speak with were some lecturers, not those directly responsible,” he explained.
According to him, some of those lecturers admitted they were confused about the situation because they personally taught the courses and knew the students wrote and passed them.
Archbishop Orkwar said a senior lecturer also told him that the University’s Senate had already sat on the final-year results and that his daughter had a Cumulative GPA of 4.72, making her a first-class graduate.
The lecturer allegedly revealed that after the Senate approved the results, the newly appointed Vice Chancellor, Prof. Christopher Abakole Ndubuisi, constituted a three-man panel to “screen” the already approved results.
Of the three members, he said, only one is a full-time staff of ADUN while the remaining two are academics on sabbatical from other institutions.
“These are the people causing confusion. How can people who barely know the system start questioning records already approved and archived by Senate four years ago?, he asked”
Orkwar said the delay in releasing the final results could jeopardise his daughter’s inclusion in the graduation brochure, which would disqualify her from participating in the ceremony.
“They want to add another year to her life for no reason. I won’t allow it. I have already contacted my lawyers. If they don’t allow her to graduate on the 29th, I will sue,” he vowed.
Miss Tersen Orkwar also formally wrote to the Registrar through the Dean and HOD, stating categorically that she had completed and passed all required courses.
In her letter dated November 14, 2025, she said Tersen believed the letter she received from the Registrar resulted from an administrative mix-up and attached copies of her official results to aid proper verification.
She alleged that her academic records on the SOAP portal confirmed she had no outstanding courses and had met all graduation requirements.
The Registrar’s letter to her, signed by N.R. Odume, stated that the Senate could not approve her graduation due to the alleged carryover of nine courses from 100-level, and advised her to register them again. This directly contradicts the student’s result printout showing she passed every listed course.
Contacted for clarification, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ndubuisi, initially said he could not hear the reporter clearly over the phone.
A detailed WhatsApp message outlining the allegations was sent to him immediately after, and an SMS followed, urging him to check the message.
However, when he was reached again on Thursday afternoon, Prof. Ndubuisi simply said the reporter should write whatever he wanted and never call him again.
As graduation day approaches, the Archbishop insists he will not relent until justice is done, describing the issue as not only about his daughter but about the future of Nigerian students who suffer silently under similar circumstances.
Archbishop Orkwar said he has gone public to ensure transparency and prevent what he believes is an avoidable injustice.
The university has not yet issued any official clarification, leaving the fate of Miss Tersen Orkwar uncertain as the November 29 convocation draws close.
