{
  "id": 12659382,
  "title": "VIDEO: Man arrested for impersonating father in FCT promotion examination",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/video-man-arrested-for-impersonating-father-in-fct-promotion",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T16:06:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/video-man-arrested-for-impersonating-father-in-fct-promotion-examination/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 33-year-old man, Monsuru Musa, has been arrested for impersonating his father during a promotion examination for staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration. The incident occurred at the National Open University of Nigeria examination centre in Abuja, and the video of the arrest was shared on X by a media aide to the FCT Minister. Monsuru admitted to the authorities that he was not the registered candidate for the examination, explaining that his father asked him to take the test due to his health condition.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "FCT promotion exam: 33-year-old man caught writing test for father",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fct-promotion-exam-33-year-old-man-caught-writing-test-for-father",
        "published": "2026-10-07T14:16:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "VIDEO: Man arrested for impersonating father in FCT promotion examination",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/video-man-arrested-for-impersonating-father-in-fct-promotion-12662218",
        "published": "2026-10-07T16:22:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}