Shedding more light on the issue, a former chairman of Sokoto State Scholarship Board, Hassan Mohammed Rabah, confirmed that Usman Yahaya, had a five-year scholarship to study medicine in a Sudan University, from 2014 – 2019. But, after a year in Sudan, Yahaya came up with an application to transfer his studies from Sudan to Russia.
Rabah said, “despite realising that Usman Yahaya has issues with the University in Sudan, the then Commissioner of Education went ahead and approve his application with the proviso that, it will be at no additional cost on the state government. This is after Usman Yahaya had spent one year in Sudan
“On getting to Russia, he had to spend one year learning the language, meaning two years already gone. At the end of the five-year scholarship, he started coming up with funny tales.
“At a time, he went and hid himself in a bunker and came up with stories that, he was sick and will need to undergo two stages of surgeries. His Excellency, Governor Aminu Tambuwal was magnanimous enough and graciously approved money for his ‘treatment’.
“Later, he started sending dubious letter requesting for money, which we later realize were not from his University when we got in touch with the school. A fellow student, who hails from the state confirmed to us that, he saw him (Usman Yahya), who claimed to be in detention at the University sport complex.
“The same guy who is claiming to have issues with the school is according to our findings has gotten married to a Russian woman, whom it was realize he had issues with and is desperately looking for money everywhere which pushed him to start blackmailing the state government”
The government has however ensure that Usman Yahya, with only one semester remaining in the school will ensure he finishes his study and comes back to the country like his other colleagues.
