Rivers Varsity Expels Female Student Over Social Media Post

The Senate of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Rivers State, has expelled a final-year pupil recognized as Nora Onyewuenyi over an alleged ‘damaging’ social media submit.

The establishment additionally mentioned the coed within the Department of English and Literary Studies posted on social media that her venture matter was citizenship, though no such venture matter existed, and that her supervisor wrote the venture for her.

The establishment, in an announcement issued in Port Harcourt by its Public Relations Officer, Dr Ngozi Okiridu, mentioned the coed reportedly admitted her claims had been unfaithful and made solely to create social media content material.

According to the assertion, the establishment tried to influence her to withdraw her feedback, however she refused, saying the expulsion was meant to function a warning to different college students.

The assertion reads, “The Senate has expelled Miss Onyewuenyi Chiamaka Nora with Matriculation Number U/2022/19900, a final-year pupil of the Department of English and Literary Studies, over damaging content material creation.

“The expulsion is to function a deterrent to others who might wish to do the identical.

“Recall that the said student had, in an interview that went viral, claimed that her project topic was ‘Citizenship’ when there is no such topic as Citizenship in the Department. She also claimed that her supervisor was the one who wrote the project for her.”

The college’s picture maker mentioned the social media submit was damaging to the picture of the establishment, saying such behaviour wouldn’t be tolerated.