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UNIPORT expels 22 students for various offences

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The Senate of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) on Friday announced the expulsion of 22 students of the university for various offences, including assaulting a female lecturer.

A statement signed by the registrar of the university, Mrs Dorcas Otto, in Port Harcourt, said that the offences also included being members of different cult groups and undermining security on the campus.

According to the statement, the decision to expel the students was taken at the 426th Senate meeting of the university held last on Wednesday.

It further disclosed that eight of the students were expelled for being members of different cult groups, while two students were expelled for assaulting a female lecturer and disrupting a congress meeting of the department.

“Twelve other students expelled were former presidents of faculty associations,” the statement said.

According to it, the senate of the university also announced that the institution had closed for the Christmas/New Year break and would reopen on January 3, 2017.

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