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University expels 24 final year students

Authorities of Bayero University, Kano has terminated the studentship of twenty-four final year students of the institution. This was confirmed in a statement released by the institution management on Friday, August 9.…

Authorities of Bayero University, Kano has terminated the studentship of twenty-four final year students of the institution.

This was confirmed in a statement released by the institution management on Friday, August 9.

Signed by the spokesperson for the university Lamara Garba, the statement revealed that 6 students presented fake results from their institutions while another student presented a cancelled NECO result.

It however added that 18 students will be reappearing before the Senate Committee on Entry Qualification Irregularities to be given a fair hearing on their expulsion.

The students’ expulsion announcement came after the 374th meeting of the University’s Senate on Wednesday August 7.

It was learnt that 10 of the expelled students were from the Faculty of Education, nine from Faculty of Social and Management Sciences while Faculties of Law, Agriculture, Science, Engineering and Arts and Islamic Studies had one each.

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Published August 10, 2019
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