The authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has reopened the University which was closed down in the wake of the student’s protests 27 days ago.
A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, announced the reopening.
It stated that “the decision to reopen the University was taken at an emergency meeting of the Senate, held on Friday, 29th October 2021.”
The release further stated that “the students would come to the residence on Friday, 5th November 2021 and continue with their examinations on Saturday, 6th of November, 2021 in tandem with what was previously on the ground.
“Parents and guardians are hereby advised to inform their children and wards, particularly those who have already finished their examinations to stay at home so that none of them would use the excuse of the reopening of the University to do something untoward.”
Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, charged the students to be law-abiding and not to engage in anything that could further elongate the session.
The students were to sit for examinations on the 2nd October 2021 before they embarked on protests on the 1st of October over the death of one of their colleagues, thereby scuttling the writing of the remaining examinations.