The management of the University of lbadan, Oyo State, has queried two students over their involvement in a recent fee hike proteston the campus
The duo include a student in the Department of Institute of African Studies, Olamide lyanuoluwa, and Aduwo Ayodele, who is a 200-level student in the Department of History.
The management of the institution threatened to suspend the students should they fail to respond to the query in time, “with supporting documents” if any.
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.
It was reported on May 13 that four individuals including Olamide, Aduwo, Olorunfemi Adeyeye, and Nice Linus, were apprehended and bundled into a van by officers of the Nigerian Army during a protest against fee hike on the University premises.
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 lyanuoluwa, 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.”
