UI Faults Students Protest, Threatens Suspension

The management of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, has queried two students following their involvement in a recent protest on the campus over hike of school fees.

The management of the institution however threatened to suspend the duo from the institution upon failure to submit their response to the query.

The duo include a student in the Department of Institute of African Studies, Olamide Iyanuoluwa, and Aduwo Ayodele, who is a 200-level student in the Department of History.

This was disclosed in a memo addressed to the concerned students, dated May 24, 2024, and signed by the institution’s Deputy Registrar (Students), T.I Musa.

In a memo delivered to the students on Monday, May 27, 2024, they were accused of disrupting the inauguration of the current Students’ Union administration by their protest which the management described as disrespectful and gross misconduct.

The memo partly read, “The Student Affairs Division has received a report from the office of the Vice-Chancellor proffered against you, that on Monday, May 13, 2024, you and three other students including an unknown person (Adeyeye Oluwafemi), disrupted the swearing-in ceremony for the newly elected executives of the Students’ Union.

“At this event, Olamide Gbadegesin Iyanuoluwa, Nice Linus, Adeyeye Oluwafemi (an unknown person), and Aduwo Ayodele carried placards with scandalous inscriptions against school fee increments.

“If this allegation is true, your actions constitute an act of gross misconduct, particularly unruly behaviour in the presence of the Vice-Chancellor and other members of the university management.”

The students were also given a 48-hour ultimatum to defend themselves and state why the accusation did not warrant disciplinary actions, noting that failure to adhere might lead to their studentship suspension.

“Failure to respond to the query within the period stipulated above and/or deliberate release of false information constitutes an act of misconduct which may result in the automatic suspension of your studentship,” the memo concluded.