Ekiti Varsity Students Who Brutalized A Fellow Student has been reportedly expelled from the Institution after video circulation on social media.
Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science, and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI), has dismissed two students who were recorded beating a female coworker.
A video circulated on social media today, May 7, depicted Miss Opemiposi Precious Bolaji, an 18-year-old 100L Mass Communication student, hitting her colleague, Miss Gloria Ajayi, also a 100L Mass Communication student, at a private hostel outside the university campus.
In response to the event, the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Temitope Akinbisoye, stated that the students seen on film were called on Monday, May 6, and given the necessary penalty for their behaviour.
” By our institution’s policies and extant regulations, the students who were captured in the viral video appeared before the Students’ Disciplinary Committee at its emergency meeting held on Monday, May 6, 2024, for interrogations and appropriate recommendations, the report of which has been submitted to the University authorities.
The university authorities strongly condemn any violence or misconduct at our University or by any of our constituents. Such behaviour is entirely inconsistent with the values we uphold and the standards of respect and dignity that we expect from all members of our University. Miss Opemiposi Precious BOLAJI with Matriculation No. 10232, a 100L Mass Communication student who was beating her colleague with a stick and threatening to inflict bodily harm on her for allegedly destroying her 3-year-old love affair with her boyfriend, was found guilty of misconduct and flagrant breach of her matriculation oath and consequently EXPELLED with immediate effect. Miss Genesis OSARO, a 100L Mass Communication student with Matriculation No. 10257, who provided the stick with which Gloria AJAYI was beaten, was found guilty of misconduct (as an accomplice) and flagrant breach of her Matriculation oath and consequently EXPELLED with immediate effect. Miss Gloria AJAYI, a 100L Mass Communication student with Matriculation No. 10295, who was seen being beaten in the viral video but did not retaliate or engage in fisticuffs with her tormentors, was EXONERATED. The duo of Miss Mistura Eniola ADEJUWON with Matriculation No. 10435 and Miss Precious Oluwapelumi OLANREWAJU with Matriculation No. 11126, who gleefully recorded the video and posted it on social media were WARNED and advised to always report such incident to the Directorate of Students’ Affairs and the Security Unit of the University rather than escalating it on social media.
Mr. Olawale AJEWOLE, a 200L Mass Communication student with Matriculation No. 6021, was EXONERATED for making efforts to lock Miss Gloria AJAYI inside a room to prevent further beating.”
The University also stated that it would want to “encourage anyone who witnesses or experiences any form of harassment, abuse, or violence against any student to report it immediately to the appropriate authorities.”
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” Moving forward, we will continue to prioritize the well-being and safety of our University community. We will also reinforce our efforts to educate and promote respectful and responsible behaviour among our students.” the statement read in part
Meanwhile, the Ekiti State Police Command has launched a discreet inquiry into the incident. According to a statement issued by the Ekiti State Command Police Public Relations Office, DSP Abutu Sunday, Anipr, the state Commissioner, CP Akinwale Adeniran, has already directed the Ikere Area Commander to liaise with the institution’s management to ensure the perpetrator is identified, investigated, and made to face the legal consequence(s) of her barbaric action.
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