Ekiti varsity expels 50, graduates 4,439

By Gbenga Ariyibi

Ado-Ekiti— VICE-CHANCELLOR of Ekiti State University, ESU, Professor Oladipo Aina, has vowed that any staff of the university involved in the fake production of examination permit would be dealt with, saying 50 students indicted by the institution’s disciplinary committee for exam malpractice have been expelled.

This came as 11 students of the institution will receive first class honours degrees out of the 4,439 that will graduate on Saturday.

He said 701 got Second Class Upper; 2,695, Second Class Lower; 970, Third Class and 62, ordinary pass.

He said: “748 graduating postgraduate students comprise 27 Ph. Ds, 302 Masters and 419 postgraduate diplomas.”