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The University of Ilorin, north-central Nigeria, has expelled a total of 19 students from its citadel of learning, including six final-year scholars – for exeam malpractices and theft.
The affected students were drawn from Faculties/Departments such as Agriculture/Aquaculture and Fisheries; Agriculture/Agricultural Extension and Rural Development; Arts/Linguistics and Nigerian Languages;
Others include CIS/Library and Information Science, CIS/ Telecommunication Science; Education/Adult and Primary Education Studies; Engineering and Tech/Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Engineering and Tech/ Materials and Metallurgical Engineering as well as Life Science/Zoology.
This is contained in a statement on Monday, April 1, by the Director of Corporate Affairs of the institution, Mr Kunle Akogun, who said the approval of expulsion/rustication of the affected students by the vice-chancellor, Prof. Wahab Egbewole (SAN), was sequel to the recommendations of the Students’ Disciplinary Committee at its 220th/221st meeting.
The statement said that the affected students were penalised for offences ranging from misconduct, theft, examination malpractice, hostel bed-space racketeering and extortion, beating a fellow student, admission racketeering, extortion and assault.
It added that penalties for the offences committed by the students included rustication for either one semester or one academic session, including outright expulsion.
“The affected students were in various academic levels such as 100, 200, 300 and 400 Levels,” the statement said./PLEASE SHARE
