No fewer than 100 students, 72 undergraduate and 28 postgraduate respectively have been expelled from the University of Abuja, for indulging in examination malpractices.
The institution’s Head of Information and University Relations, Dr. Habib Yakoob, in a statement on Sunday, said the university’s Senate, after due diligence, approved the expulsion and rustication of the students.
According to Yakoob, five undergraduate students were rusticated for one academic session; three others rusticated for a semester, while three others had no case and were acquitted.
He said, “Among the undergraduate students expelled, 27 were in 400 Level; 19 in 300 Level, 16 in 200 Level, two students in 100 Level, while five others were in their 5th, 6th, and 7th sessions.
“The breakdown also shows that 47 of the expelled students were from Faculty of Science, 23 from Faculty of Management Sciences, 20 from Faculty of Social Sciences, while 10 others cut across various Faculties.”