UNICAL students files N5bn suit challenging removal from Law faculty
They asked the court for a permanent injunction restraining the university, its vice-chancellor and Registrar from “demoting, transferring, ejecting, restricting portal access, denying learning opportunities” or taking other adverse action against them as Law students.
They also want the court to declare that their removal from the Law faculty and the locking of their academic portals violated Section 18 of the University of Calabar Act and their constitutional right to fair hearing.
What the students say happened In an affidavit filed in support of the suit, Ogana Lawrence Lukpata, the second claimant, who said he was “personally affected by the administrative actions” stated that the university admitted him and 213 other students into its Faculty of Law between the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 academic sessions.
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