Four students of the Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt linked to the brutalisation of their colleague Mr. Victor Tobins, have been suspended.
The varsity had suspended the four students —who had been officials of the Man ‘O’ War stand, for one academic session.
A statement issued by the university’s acting Registrar, Mrs I. B. S. Harry, on Saturday morning, revealed that the action of the local security outfit breached the regulations of the university.
Our correspondent recalls that the Man ‘O’ War officials had beaten Tobins black and blue, administering injuries on his right eye and in other parts of his body over a yet-to-be-revealed matter.
This development is coming after the Rivers State University students stormed the school campus on Thursday and called on the school authority to promptly disperse them from campus.
The protest had grown feverish, disrupting a meeting of the school management, the Students Union Government and the local security outfit.
The situation had only calmed down after the police from the Okpolu Division in Mile Three, Port Harcourt and the Vice Chancellor intervened to quell the situation where the protesting students were assured that action would be taken within 24 hours.
What They’re Saying
The statement released by Registrar Harry read as follows,
“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.”
In concluding the statement, the school management urged students to live in peace with one another.
