Rivers university suspends two students for ‘inciting’ facebook posts

Two students of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education have been suspended for one academic session for generating what the university termed ‘inciting” posts about the institution on social media. Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, who confirmed the suspension in a statement on Wednesday, gave the details of the students as Sunday Idongesit Okpokpo of the Department of Political Science and Chibuzor Remmy of the Department of Educational Management. He said on November 4, Okpokpo created panic and confusion when he took to Facebook to state that the school’s final year examination might be cancelled. “Mr Sunday Idongesit Okpokpo of the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, with Matriculation Number UE/2019/ B.Ed4/4505 has been suspended for one academic session 2019/2020) with immediate effect,” the statement says . “Mr Sunday Idongesit Okpokpo had over the weekend created panic and confusion when he posted on the social media cancelling the final year examinations scheduled to commence on Monday November 2, 2020 as well as the Matriculation Ceremony scheduled to hold on Saturday November 7, 2020. Only the Senate of the University has such powers. He is to resume studies in 2020/2021 academic session at 100 level.” The statement also said Remmy was found guilty of inciting students to protest against the university authority for having only one bank on campus. But the student said the call for protest was a ‘joke’.