University expels students for protesting worsening insecurity

The Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, has expelled four students and reportedly restricted others from accessing its registration portal for protesting against insecuurity two months ago.

34 students were invited to face a disciplinary committee before they left for semester holiday for partaking in the protest.

Three of the students who were questioned said they had been handed letters of expulsion while others are waiting to receive their expullsion letters from the school’s management. Most of the indicted students are in 300 or 400 levels.

During the protest, some of the students said they were tired of being abducted by terrorists. Zamfara, like several other states in the North-west, faces more than a decade long terr0rist insurrection. The terrori$ts locally referred to as band!ts attackk rural communities, travellers and educational institutions.

Many students have been abducted within the period.Three of the students – Rejoice Guga, Georgina Bulus and Abdulsalam Onimisi, said they have collected their expulsion letters. PREMIUM TIMES saw Mr Guga’s letter.

“For now, four of us have collected their expul$ion letters from the management; other students are not back from semester holiday,” Ms Guga said.

“The University Management at its 84 emergency meeting held on 3 August, 2023 considered the report of the committee of inquiry into students demonstration on the 17, June 2023 as well as the attempted demonstration to disrupt students from writing the second semester examinations 2021/2022 of Monday 19 June 2023. The committee has found you guilty of vi0lating the rules of demonstration as contained in Section A,item xxv,page 60 and Section H, item vii page 63 of the students handbook.

“The committee has therefore recommended that you be expelled from the university for organising and participating in the two protest,”a part of the letter read

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