She noted that the affected students were found to have been engaged in various misconducts including cultism, assault on lecturers and open threat to law and order in the university.
A part of the statement read:
“Eight
of the expelled students were discovered to be members of cult groups;
two assaulted a female lecturer and disrupted a congress meeting; while
twelve others were former presidents of faculty associations.”
In
the same vein, the varsity's Senate also fingered a body known as
Faculty Presidents Forum for allegedly hijacking the functions of the
elected Students’ Union Executive as well as threatening the peace on
campus.
The closure of the University of
Port Harcourt for the Christmas and New Year holidays with effect from
Thursday, December 22, was also announced in the statementD-Otto also said that the decisions were agreed upon at the 426th Senate meeting of the university, which took place on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 and was chaired by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Ndowa Lalle.
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