Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has approved the suspension of four students of the institution identified in a viral video and found culpable in an unlawful act of water ritual administered on a female student.
The order suspending the students was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Calabar by the institution’s Registrar, Mr. Gabriel Egbe.
Egbe said that the unlawful act was carried out by the four students during the last matriculation ceremony of the institution on December 2, 2022.
Egbe named the affected students as Stephen Usen, 400 level Accounting Department, and Aniefiok Idorenyin, 200 level Computer Science.
Others are Miracle Adeyemi, 200 level Political Science, and Blessing Queen, 400 level Genetics and Biotech student.
“Management deliberated extensively on the report of the committee on Gender-Based Violence and the strength of its findings and has accordingly directed the affected students to proceed on suspension with effect from the 2020/2021 academic session.
“Deans, Heads of Departments and other relevant officers of the university have been tasked with the duty of full compliance with the given directive,” Egbe said.