UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN & ANOR
V.
OLUWADARE
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AMAIZU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, holden at the Ilorin Division of the Court. The ruling was delivered on Monday, the 22nd day of November, 1999.
The facts which led to this appeal so far as they are material to the question which calls for our determination are -
The 1st appellant, the University of Ilorin is a statutory body set up by the University of Ilorin Act, Cap. 455 of the Laws of Nigeria to, among other things encourage the advancement of learning. The 2nd appellant, the Vice-Chancellor, is the Chief Executive in the Institution. The respondent, before his expulsion, was a student of the Department of Economics.
On the 27th August, 1998, the respondent sat for ECN 301 (Micro Economics) examination.
The examination was conducted by the 1st appellant. In the course of the examination, one of the invigilators caught the respondent trying to cheat. The invigilator immediately, on the spot,…