The Students Union leaders at the Obafemi Awolowo University have been suspended for up to 6 semesters for threatening a professor, PremiumTimes report.
The SUG leaders were reportedly given between four and six semesters suspensions.
Those suspended are the president, Omotayo Akande; Secretary General, Oketooto Oluwaseun and the Public Relations Officer, Ojedokun Emmanuel.
The three students are reportedly being punished for verbally assaulting and threatening a professor of the institution, Prof. Y. K. Yusuf.
According to reports, Emmanuel, who was supposed to graduate in two months, and some of his colleagues interrupted an ongoing lecture where Yusuf was teaching, with the aim of making an announcement.
Yusuf refused to grant them permission to do this, causing the students to feel insulted. Thereafter, they accosted the lecturer and told him to apologise to the students, or else, they would parade him around the campus.
When the professor insisted he was not going to apologise, the SUG president sent an SMS to the Vice Chancellor of the school, stating that he cannot guarantee the safety of the professor if he does not tender an apology for walking the members of the union out of his class.
A panel set up by the school’s management to investigate the matter recommended that the students be suspended for three years.
Mr. Emmanuel confirmed that they had received the suspension letters, and called on the management to review its sanction.
“We have received the letters and plead with notable Nigerians to save Oketooto Oluwaseun, Omotayo Akande and myself,” Mr. Emmanuel said, while denying threatening the professor. He claimed that he was being framed and that the management is just looking for an excuse to get rid of him.
Oluwaseun and Emmanuel were suspended for four semesters respectively, while Akande was suspended for six semesters.
The SUG leaders were reportedly given between four and six semesters suspensions.
Those suspended are the president, Omotayo Akande; Secretary General, Oketooto Oluwaseun and the Public Relations Officer, Ojedokun Emmanuel.
The three students are reportedly being punished for verbally assaulting and threatening a professor of the institution, Prof. Y. K. Yusuf.
According to reports, Emmanuel, who was supposed to graduate in two months, and some of his colleagues interrupted an ongoing lecture where Yusuf was teaching, with the aim of making an announcement.
Yusuf refused to grant them permission to do this, causing the students to feel insulted. Thereafter, they accosted the lecturer and told him to apologise to the students, or else, they would parade him around the campus.
When the professor insisted he was not going to apologise, the SUG president sent an SMS to the Vice Chancellor of the school, stating that he cannot guarantee the safety of the professor if he does not tender an apology for walking the members of the union out of his class.
A panel set up by the school’s management to investigate the matter recommended that the students be suspended for three years.
Mr. Emmanuel confirmed that they had received the suspension letters, and called on the management to review its sanction.
“We have received the letters and plead with notable Nigerians to save Oketooto Oluwaseun, Omotayo Akande and myself,” Mr. Emmanuel said, while denying threatening the professor. He claimed that he was being framed and that the management is just looking for an excuse to get rid of him.
Oluwaseun and Emmanuel were suspended for four semesters respectively, while Akande was suspended for six semesters.
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