The institution’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Dr
Benedicta Ehanire, in a statement issued in Benin, said that a caretaker
committee would be put in place to manage the affairs of the union.
Ehanire said that the institution’s Senate took the decision
to forestall breakdown of law and order, following the planned protest by the
students’ union body against the shift in the school’s academic calendar.
“The union had persistently engaged in subversive
activities, including incitement of other students to disobey lawful
instructions by the school authorities.
“This is in spite of concerted efforts by management, led by
the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Lilian Salami, to provide their basic needs, such as
water and electricity as well as other facilities necessary for learning.
“Consequently, the bank account of the union has been
suspended and their secretariat sealed.
“All members of the erstwhile executives are to hand over
their students’ union identification cards to the Chief Security Officer of the
university immediately.
“They are also to vacate the privileged hostel
accommodations accorded them with immediate effect”, she said.
Ehanire noted that the senate, however, commended the
students for resisting attempts by the students’ union executives to drag them
into unwarranted agitations.
“The Senate wishes the students the best in their ongoing
examinations and a restful break from April 1until their return to campus for
the second semester on April 18,” she said.
Efforts to get the reaction of the president of the
suspended union, Benjamin Egwu, however, proved abortive as he neither picked
nor returned the calls put through to him.
Meanwhile in another statement, the institution’s senate
announced the review of the 2019/2020 academic calendar.
Ehanire quoted the senate, presided over by the vice-
chancellor as affirming that first semester examinations would end on Thursday,
as earlier scheduled.
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