The Nasarawa State University, Keffi, has dismissed 37 students for one academic session, 2024/2025, following allegations of “criminal conspiracy, inciting public disturbance, and cyber-stalking.”
Their dismissal was conveyed in a letter, signed by the school Registrar, Dr. Bala Ahmed.
The letter outlined sanctions, emphasizing that the Chief Security Officer and relevant university departments have been directed to enforce compliance.
The document, titled “Rustication for One Academic Session,” cited the students’ alleged use of a WhatsApp group to mobilize protests as a breach of institutional peace.
The disciplinary action stemmed from the students’ involvement in the WhatsApp group allegedly created to organize protests against the university’s introduction of a third semester.
According to official documents, dated December 9, 2024, and January 21, 2025, the students were summoned before the Students’ Disciplinary Committee.
The university’s Senate ratified the decision during its 123rd Regular Meeting on October 31, 2024, approving the committee’s recommendation for rustication.
The affected students have been instructed to stay off campus unless granted written permission.
The school said the students may resume studies in the first semester of the 2025/2026 academic session, provided they return with a parent/guardian and submit a written pledge of good conduct.
Prior to the Senate’s decision, the Students’ Disciplinary Committee issued an internal memo on January 23, 2025, inviting the accused students to a hearing.
The memo, signed by Dogo Bitrus Moni, PAR/HR Secretary, stated the committee aimed to address their reported roles in post-election unrest on September 5, 2024, following a Student Union Government, SUG, election.
The suspended students span multiple departments, including Public and International Law, Computer Science, Microbiology, Sociology, and Urban and Regional Planning.
The university reiterated that the rustication serves as both a punitive and corrective measure, urging compliance “in the students’ best interest.”
