The National Universities Commission has closed down an illegal university named Borough College, London situated in Igboho, Oke Ogun area of Oyo state.
According to the chairman committee on closure of illegal universities in Nigeria, a sub group of NUC, Prof. Adebisi Balogun, the institution has six faculties and student strength of 200 before the visit of the committee to the institution.
It was learnt that the institution was established by one prof. Ogunleye in October 2014.
He actually wrote to N UC and asked for a form to establish an institution but he never followed up with the remaining process before operating the university.
Balogun advised parents to always verify the authenticity of an institution before enrolling their wards stressing the proliferation of illegal universities in the country.
