The Management of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, has dismissed five staff members of the state-owned tertiary institution, with 21 others currently undergoing investigation for various criminal offenses.

A member of the Special Intervention Team (SIT), Austin Osakue, while submitting the progress report of the SIT to Governor Godwin Obaseki at the Government House, in Benin City, said the staff were dismissed by the Disciplinary Committee of the institution.

He noted that the institution discovered over 30 cases of AAU students living abroad for not less than two years, writing exams and graduating, adding that the staff members and Heads of Departments involved have been handed over to DSS and ICPC for action.