UNIPORT Expels 47 Graduates, 17 Undergraduates And Rusticates 6

The Senate of the University of Port Harcourt
(UNIPORT) has expelled 47 graduates and 17
undergraduates.

The management also withdrew 4 higher degrees, 4
first degrees and rusticated 6 undergraduates for
various offences.

The university’s official newspaper, Uniport Weekly,
reports that the punishment was meted out as a
result of various act of misconduct considered to
be at variance with terms of their admission.

According to the bulletin, the decision to expel the
students was taken at the 434th Senate Meeting of
the university held on Thursday October 13th 2017.

The apex academic regulatory body also ordered
the withdrawal of degree certificates already issued
to some students who were adjudged to have
graduated in error, while others were rusticated
for planning a protest and attempting to disrupt the
first semester examination of the 2016/2017
session.
Other offences were examination malpractice,
sabotaging the anti-plagiarism process, as well as
posing a threat to security in the university.

The Vice Chancellor, Mr. Lale, announced senate’s
“decision to expunge the names of problem
students who were cleared either by omission or
commission from the graduation list.”

He added that “after much deliberation on the
report of the committee that investigated the
planned protest and attempted disruption of the
first semester examination of the 2016/2017
academic session, senate decided that the some
students be rusticated for one academic session
with effect from 2017/2018 session.”