The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) on Tuesday expelled six students over the bullying of a fellow student identified as Bolu.
This was contained in a statement signed by the university’s Deputy Director, Corporate Communications, Adegbenro Adebanjo, on Tuesday.
According to the statement, the action was taken after the recommendation of the investigative panel set up to probe the incident which took place in an off-campus hostel on Saturday, November 16, 2019.
The statement read in part: ”The Expelled students are : 1. Popoola Olaniyi Agboola IDD/ (300L) 2. Oluwadare Faith Tobiloba FST ( 200L) 3. Nandi Yohanna Jessica IPE/ ( 200L) 4. Ajuwon Tolani Emmanuella FAT/ (100L) 5. Emmanuel Funmilayo Taiwo FAT/ (100L) and 6. Alao Olabimpe Cecilia CSP/ (100 L).
”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.
”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.”
It would be recalled that the physical assault garnered a lot of reactions on the internet as the video went viral, while some sympathizers vowed to deal with the individuals who brutally assaulted the victim.
Consequently, the school management suspended the students and set up a panel which recommended the latest action.