Akinola vs. Vice-Chancellor, Unilorin & 2 Ors.

ONNOGHEN JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgement): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting at Ilorin in the consolidated suit Nos. FHC/IL/M.1/2002 and FHC/IL/CS/l0/2002 delivered by Hon. Justice P. F. Olayiwola on 7th February, 2003 dismissing the case of the appellant. The facts of the case include the following. The appellant was a final year student of the University of Ilorin in the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages of the Faculty of Arts until his expulsion from the said University vide a letter dated 27th September, 2001 and tendered in the proceedings as exhibit C. Before the expulsion, the appellant was invited to appear and did appear before a Students Disciplinary Committee of the University on allegation of membership of an unregistered association etc. in the University on 26th September, 2001. Following the expulsion, the appellant wrote an appeal to the University authorities to reconsider his case but had no response before …