The management of the Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma has stated that no fewer than 34 students in the College of Medicine of the institution have been rusticated for between two and four semesters.
According to the management, the students were rusticated for involvement in various examinations malpractices during the 2022/2023 academic sessions.
Citizen Rapporteur gathered that the management disclosed this in the school news bulletin signed by F.O Omoigui, Deputy Registrar (senate) for Acting Registrar, and Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika, Principal Assistant Registrar (PAR) Information and Public Relations.
The news bulletin dated April 14, 2025, said the affected students are in the 500 and 300-levels respectively.
It said the rustication of the students follows a pre-report of the Mobile Students Disciplinary Committee (College of Medicine), 2022/2023 session set up by the management.
The statement said, “This is to inform you that the university management, after due consideration of the reports submitted by the Mobile Disciplinary Committee (College of Medicine), has approved the penalties recommended for the offenses committed by the following students during the 2022/2023 session.”
The bulletin said the affected students are in the departments of Hematology, Histopathology, Medical Microbiology, Medicine, Physiology, Chemical Pathology, Medicine and Surgery,y, and FMLS.
It said 21 students were rusticated for two semesters and 13 rusticated for four semesters, effective from the 2022/2023 academic sessions.
It stated that 20 students in the 500-level were rusticated, out of which 12 of the students were rusticated for two semesters and eight for four semesters.
The university management added that six students were exonerated from the allegations leveled against them; two were advised to be on good behavior, while one was warned.
It also added that 10 students in the 400-level were rusticated, out of which four were rusticated for four semesters, six for two semesters, and two were exonerated.
It further added that three students in the 300 level were rusticated for two semesters, one for four semesters, and one was exonerated.
The rusticated students were accused among others, of using written material brought from outside during examination HAE 503, found with part of the university answer booklet containing answers that are related to the examination being written HAE 503, using written material brought outside during examination MMB 504.
They were also accused of using written material related to the examination and impersonating another student during the 401 examination, among others.
The management said the offenses were committed in the 2022/2023 academic session.
The student warned by the management was alleged to have been found with a phone in his pocket as he was going out to ease himself during the examination PTH 503.
The report also added that the students advised to be of good behaviour, one of them was accused of refusing to submit his examination script when asked to do so, MMB 401, while the other was found misbehaving in the examination hall but nothing incriminating was found on him.
