A Senegalese student has been detained after he disguised as a woman to sit for national examinations on behalf of his girlfriend.
The student, who enrolled in a university in the northern part of the country and his girlfriend, were placed under arrest on Monday evening.
They will be tried on Thursday with his girlfriend for “exam fraud”, their lawyer said Tuesday.
The student, whose age was not disclosed, had moved to Diourbel to take the exam for his girlfriend, a student in a high school in this city, according to the prosecution.
Photos posted on social networks depicted him wearing a red dress with black patterns, wearing a veil with the same colours and a black shawl, to deceive the invigilators.
He was surprised on Saturday, the third day of the exam, during the English test, by the supervisors, who according to the press, noticed that something was wrong with his attire.
They then reported him to the police who arrested him and his girlfriend who was waiting for him in a hostel in the city, according to the same source.