The UAAP board is expected to take actions on the complaint filed against former Ateneo player Jobe Nkemakolam, who allegedly was not qualified to play for the Eagles because he failed to graduate from high school.

The board, headed by its president Anton Montinola of host Far Eastern University, met on Wednesday at the FEU campus to discuss the complaint filed by lawyer Levito Baligod.

The Board was still tackling the issue at press time.

According to a board member who asked not to be named, the UAAP should look into this matter seriously and “if this is substantiated, if it’s beyond reasonable doubt, the league should take action on the complaint.”

Baligod, the legal counsel of Dr. Mylene O. Santos whose daughter is pregnant by Nkemakolam, filed the complaint to the UAAP last Tuesday. He said that his Law Office was able to uncover all this by accident following a background check on the former Ateneo cager.

Nkemakolam, who turns 25 on November 11, reportedly attended high school at Reedley International School before joining Ateneo in 2004.

But Baligod presented as proof a certification from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) dated September 3 stating that Nkemakolam “has not met the academic requirements to graduate from high school, hence, he is not qualified for admission to college.”

The certificate was signed by Lilian B. Enriquez, OIC, Director III. Ateneo can be sanctioned by the UAAP if found guilty.

The Blue Eagles face possible suspension and forfeiture of its 2008 championship – the same thing which happened to La Salle in 2005 when it was found guilty of fielding Mark Benitez, who was accused of falsifying his PEP test to enter college.

The Bulletin tried to verify the records of Nkemakolam but the school has no classes on Wednesday.