No fewer than 27 students of the College of Medicine at the Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, Edo State, have been rusticated for alleged examination misconduct and impersonation.
DAILY POST reports that the affected students, who are mainly from the departments of Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science, Anatomy, Human Physiology and Medicine and Surgery, were rusticated for two and four semesters.
The affected students are in 300, 400 and 500 levels of the institution
A statement signed by Mrs Oluwayomi, the registrar of the university, said the rustication of the students followed the institution’s management’s approval of the recommendations of the Mobile Disciplinary Committee of the College of Medicine for 2024/2025.
The statement made available to newsmen in Benin City by Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika
PAR/Head, Information, Protocol and Public Relations, said out of the 31 students, 27 were rusticated for two and four semesters while four were exonerated.
The registrar said 14 of the students are from the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, out of which one was exonerated, 10 in the Department of Anatomy, with three exonerated.
She added that one student from the Department of Nursing, three from the Department of Human Physiology and three from Medicine and Surgery were among those rusticated by the institution.
The management stated that the rustication is with effect from 2025/2026 academic session, adding that the affected students should not be allowed to take part in any examination until the period of rustication has been served.
The school also ordered that the affected students should not be allowed to take part in any examination both internal and external within the period of the penalty as well as after serving the punishment.
Other punishments are that the course of some of the students should not be upgraded while the result of one of them should not be computed until the period of rustication has been served.
The university, however, after exonerating one of the students, warned him and ordered that his mobile phone be returned to him.
The registrar said the information is for the affected students, their parents/sponsors, all relevant university organs, the university community and the general public.