Ebonyi State University (EBSU) Abakaliki has expelled three students of the institution over alleged unlawful possession of firearms.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Michael Awoke, announced the expulsion of the the students during the inauguration of the newly elected Students Union Government (SUG) Executives for the 2025/2026 session, which held at the College of Agriculture campus of the university.
Professor Awoke noted that the management’s decision to expel the students was to serve as deterrence to others.
He warned that the era of cultism was over in the university as anyone found guilty of cultism, examination malpractice, found to possess any weapons to intimidate students or staff of the university, will be shown the way out of the university.
The three expelled students were said to have been arrested with guns and live ammunitions during the recently held Students Union Government Elections in the university.
The management gave the names of the expelled students as Azubjike Lawrence of the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Enyinnaya Ibe Kenneth of the Department of Architecture and Njoku Joshua, Department of Animal Science.
