BREAKING: University of Ibadan Shuts down over protest

After a peaceful protest was held by students of the University of Ibadan (UI) on Monday, the management of the institution has shut down the University.

It directed the students to vacate the campus on or before 6pm on Monday.

Director of Communications and Publication, Olatunji Oladejo who made the disclosure, said the closure became necessary in order to avert crisis.

Oladejo said the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, had convened an emergency meeting of the university Senate to review the circumstances surrounding the development.

“The University of Ibadan, in its wisdom, has decided to shift the examination earlier scheduled for June to July, 2017”, he said.

According to him, undergraduate students were to resume on July 17, while the postgraduate students would continue to stay on campus for their research activities.

It should be recalled that the students of the institution had earlier taken to the streets of Ibadan in protest, alleging insensitivity on the part of the university management.

The students at a congress on Saturday passed a resolution to disrupt the forthcoming examinations if students were not provided with identity cards.

They also called on the authorities to constitute the Students’ Welfare Board as well as allow use of cooking appliances that had been banned in the halls of residence.