The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) said it has expelled six students for assaulting a fellow student. “The expulsion is in line with
The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) said it has expelled six students for assaulting a fellow student.
“The expulsion is in line with the position of Page 48 of the 2019/2020 Students Handbook which prescribes expulsion from the University for Students who engage in physical assault or battery on another student outside the university premises. As a consequence of their expulsion, their studentship of FUTA ceases forthwith with all its rights and privileges,” FUTA spokesman Adegbenro Adebanjo said in a statement.
The school temporarily suspended the students: Popoola Olaniyi Agboola IDD/ (300L); Oluwadare Faith Tobiloba FST (200L); Nandi Yohanna Jessica IPE/ (200L); Ajuwon Tolani Emmanuella FAT/ (100L); Emmanuel Funmilayo Taiwo FAT/ (100L) and Alao Olabimpe Cecilia CSP/ (100 L) for physically assaulting the student on Saturday, November 16. One of the expelled students recorded the assault and posted it on social media. In the viral video, two of the students slapped and flogged the victim, a 100-level student with objects. The victim pleaded but was ignored.
Adebanjo thereafter said the university would not tolerate indiscipline or any act that contravened its rules and regulations.
“At the conclusion of the ongoing investigations the full weight of the law of the university, as contained in the handbooks and oath of matriculation which all students are made to sign and subscribe to, will be visited on those found culpable,” Adebanjo said.
He added that “the punishment meted out to the affected students is not to pander to the justifiable public outcry that greeted their odious act but in tandem with the rules and regulations as contained in the Students code of conduct as stipulated in the University Handbook and oath of matriculation which all students are made to sign and subscribe to.”
