- Safiu Kehinde
Human Rights group, Amnesty International Nigeria, has called out the University of Ibadan over the suspension of three protesting students, Ayodele Aduwo, Nice Linus, and Mide Gbadegesin.
The group, in a statement issued on its official X handle on Monday, alleged that the students were suspended for four semesters by the institution’s management over their protest against the tuition fee hike in 2024.
Amnesty demanded for the reversal of the suspension melted against the trio who had allegedly being subjected to bizarre disciplinary hearings for over a year.
The human rights group maintained that the students had only exercised their right to peaceful protest and does deserve to be punished.
The statement read; “Amnesty International strongly condemns the suspension and the relentless persecution of Ayodele Aduwo, Nice Linus and Mide Gbadegesin by the University Of Ibadan for speaking up against outrageous fee hike in 2024. The decision of the university to suspend them for four semesters must be reversed.
“No one should be punished for decrying the university’s fee hike during Nigeria’s worst economic crisis in a generation.
“The management of University of Ibadan had, over a year, subjected the students to unfair processes, including students series of bizarre disciplinary hearings.
“The three students exercised their right to peaceful protest and the university has a national and international obligation to respect the right to peaceful dissent.”