FUTA Expels six students over female assault

Six students of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, has been expelled from the school over the assault of one female undergraduate Boluwatife Adekunle, inside a private hostel on November 16.

The students are Popoola Olaniyi Agboola (300L); Oluwadare Faith Tobiloba ( 200L); Nandi Yohanna Jessica ( 200L); Ajuwon Tolani Emmanuella (100L), Emmanuel Funmilayo Taiwo (100L), and Alao Olabimpe (100 L).

Spokesperson for the school, Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo, said in a statement, “The expulsion is sequel to the recommendation of an investigative panel which probed the incident that took place in a hostel on Saturday, November 16, 2019 and adjudged them culpable of gross misconduct and breach of the University Matriculation Oath.

“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 premise,”

It was unclear if the students were given the opportunity to defend themselves after a video of the assault went viral and elicited condemnation from the public.

The students who had molested Boluwatife after accusing her of calling them names and also speaking bad about their escapades on campus were earlier suspended by the institution, then finally expelled on Tuesday, a statement from the management confirmed.