This is the most common question online. While the creators have stated that the characters are fictional, they admit that the writers interviewed over 50 university students across Nigeria and Ghana to compile the scandals shown. Many viewers claim that Episode 8's "hidden camera in hostel" plot mirrors a real 2019 incident at a federal university in the South-West. Whether true or not, the realism is unsettling.
The episode ends with a title card: "No one graduates first class without blood on their transcript." Graduate With First Class Episode 8 -- HiWEBxSERIES.com