GANG RAPE: Ekiti State University Expels Five Students For Raping A Female Student

Ekiti State University, EKSU, Ado-Ekiti, has expelled five students for allegedly raping a female student.

The institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ajibade Olubunmi, said in a statement yesterday [Mar. 17] that the students, who were arrested on March 7 through efforts of the university security men and youths of Iworoko- Ekiti, a neighbouring town, had been taken to court.

Olubunmi said their expulsion was sequel to the report of the University Disciplinary Committee headed by Professor W. O. Adebayo that tried them.

The spokesman, who said this had underscored the need for parents to monitor their children closely, reiterated the determination of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oladipo Aina, to flush out bad eggs among the students and staff.

In another development, the vice-chancellor has called on the students of the institution to always maintain high academic standards and moral probity.

Aina spoke separately during the matriculation ceremonies of students of EKSU studying under an affiliate programmes with Ogunsaya College of Education, Otto/Ijanikin, Lagos and Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Noforija, Epe, Lagos.

He warned that under no circumstance should any of the students be involved in examination malpractice, cultism, drug abuse and other anti-social behaviour that could jeopardise their studentship in the university.

- National Mirror