Kogi Poly expels six, withdraws 273 students for exam malpractice, others

The Academic Board of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja has withdrawn 273 students while another six students were expelled over examination malpractices.

These decisions were taken when the board considered and approved the First Semester results for the 2024/2025 Academic Session.

The Polytechnic Director of Public Relations and Protocol, Uredo Omale, in a statement on Monday, stated that this was part of the far-reaching decisions at the 120th meeting of the board held on Thursday 17th April, at the Polytechnic Main Campus, Lokoja.

“The Chairman of the Board, Professor Salisu Ogbo Usman, commended members of the Academic Board Result Verification Committee led by the Deputy Rector, Dr. Samuel Taiwo Olowo, for the due diligence on the results and charged them to sustain the tempo,” Omale said.

He, however, expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of some students which led to their withdrawal, despite providing a conducive atmosphere for learning.

She said that the withdrawals spread across 20 departments and 42 programmes, including Business Administration, Accountancy, Fine Art, Architectural Science, Building Technology, Civil Engineering, and Computer Science.

Other departments are; Animal Health and Production, Library Science, Mass Communication, Office Technology and Management.

In another development, six students were expelled from the polytechnic on account of examination misconduct and related offenses.

The board approved the expulsion having been satisfied with the reports of the Central Examination Misconduct Committee led by Dr Grace Ehimony.

The duo of Daniel Onuche Gabriel (2024/HND/BUS/026) from the Department of Business Administration and Yaro Abdullahi Nma (2024/ND/ACCT/081) from the Department of Accountancy were expelled for impersonation, contravening Section 4:35 (19) of the 2021 Revised Edition of the Students’ Information Handbook.

Also, Jaja Julietu (2022/ND/MAS/098), Usman Abdulgeniyu (2022/ND/MAS/015), Gimba Aminat (2022/ND/MAS/026/ and Otitoju Taiwo Timilehin (2023/ND/MAS/161), all from Department of Mass Communication were approved for expulsion after being caught with extraneous materials during examination, thereby contravening Section 4.35 (9) of the 2021 Revised Edition of the Students’ Information Handbook.

Professor Usman commended the Board’s Central Examination Misconduct committee and those of Schools and Departments for a thorough job just as he called for sustained synergy among the committees to make decisive resolutions capable of sustaining the quality of teaching and learning at the Polytechnic.

The rector reassured the polytechnic community of the board and management’s continued resolve to make reforms that would be of great benefit to the institution.

The chairman of the board, while commending the members for their continued support, seized the opportunity to encourage students to always take advantage of the conducive atmosphere for learning and be more focused.

Meanwhile, the students withdrawn or expelled have been charged to submit all the polytechnic properties in their custody including their Identity cards to the Security unit before exiting the institution.