Authorities of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, have expelled six students who who brutalised a female colleague, Boluwatife Adekunle, outside the campus of the institution few weeks ago.
They were reported to have beaten Boluwatife black and blue following an allegation that she gossiped about one of them at a hostel outside the campus of the university.
They are Popoola Olaniyi, Oluwadare Tobiloba, Nandi Jessica, Ajuwon Emmanuella, Emmanuel Taiwo and Alao Cecilia.
The institution’s Deputy Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo, confirmed their expulsion in a statement issued on Tuesday in Akure.
It said: “The expulsion is sequel to the recommendation of an investigative panel which probed the incident that took place in an off-campus hostel on Saturday, November 16, 2019.
“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 the oath of matriculation which all students are made to sign and subscribe to. “
Adegbenro also reiterated that the university had zero tolerance for indiscipline.
