The Rivers State University in Port Harcourt, the state capital, has announced the suspension of four of its students for physically assaulting and inflicting injuries on their fellow student.
The university made the suspension of the four students who are officials of the school’s Man ‘O’ War, known in a statement issued on Saturday by its Acting Registrar, Mrs. I. B.S Harry.
Harry said the four students are suspended for one academic session for brutalising a 300-level student of the Department of Sociology identified as Victor Tobins on Wednesday at Hostel F in the university campus.
The Acting Registrar said the action of the students contravenes the regulations of the university and cannot be tolerated by the institution.
Harry said, “This is to notify parents and the general public that the Management of the Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, at its meeting held on Friday 14th June 2024, approved the suspension of the following students:
“Monsi Baridukaka Nwaaelibabari, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Victor Chibuike Daniel, Department of Animal Science, Ezems Ikechukwu Goodluck, Department of Electrical Engineering and Wilson Jacob Ree-Ugani, Department of Marine Engineering.
“The students who are members of the Man O’ War were suspended by the Management of the University, for assaulting and inflicting physical injury on Victor Tobin, a 300-level student of the Department of Sociology, on 12th June 2024 at Hostel F in the University Campus.
“Management saw the actions of the four students as contrary to the regulations of the University, and as such, approved their suspension for one academic session.”
She added “The Management enjoined the student population to continue to live in peace and harmony and comply scrupulously with all the rules and regulations of the University.”
Recall that the Man ‘O’ War student officials had reportedly assaulted Tobins, inflicting injuries on his right eye and other parts of his body over a yet-to-be-confirmed matter.
The incident had sparked a protest by other students of the university who on Thursday stormed the office of Man ‘O’ War on the campus and called on the school management to immediately disband the security outfit from campus.
