Honourable Bamidele Salam, representing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, and Ejigbo in the House of Representatives, has revealed that he was expelled from university in 1992 due to alleged gross misconduct and insubordination to constituted authority. Bamidele made this known while reacting to the expulsion of a 300-level female student from Nnamdi Azikwe University for assaulting a lecturer over a TikTok video....Read Full Article >>➤
The lawmaker condemned the student’s actions and appealed to the school management to reduce her punishment if she shows remorse and a willingness to change. According to him, “She certainly deserves to be punished but for some reasons, I don’t like Expulsion as a punishment for any student.
“I and four other students Union leaders were expelled from a University in 1992. I was in my final year. Our Offenses were “gross misconduct and insubordination to constituted Authority”. Those were terms generally used to describe students activism against the then military rule and it’s repression of civil rights.
“But for God’s mercies, it could have been the end of schooling and meaningful life.
“So, I will plead on behalf of this silly girl, whom i presume to be a first offender, that if she shows some remorse and willing to change, that Expulsion should be commuted to a lesser punishment so that we don’t throw her to the wilderness of life.” ...Read Full Article >>➤
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