In what looked like a return to the military era, the senate of the ladoke Akintola University of Technology expelled 7 students because of their roles in disrupting the final exams of the Pre Degree students of the institutions.

The Lautech SUG elections was cancelled amidst mass rigging, bickering and fighting and the students union requested for a fresh election. However, the university authorities said elections cannot hold due to exams that would start in a weeks time.

In protest, some ill-motivated students disrupted the final exams of pre degree students and the school went overboard.

17 students were invited to face a panel. 7 of these students were expelled. 4 out of these 7 being final year students of the institution.

It will be insensitive on my part not to condemn the unruly behavour of the students who disrupted exams, but it is also too drastic for the school to have expelled 7 students as a result of this little brouhaha.

It should be noted that Lautech has been one of the most peaceful universities in Nigeria which is as a result of a reasonable student body and an understanding school management. This understanding is falling apart at the seams and if it is not arrested, the situation will degenerate to what is happening in neighbouring institutions.

I am calling on the school management to embrace dialogue, recall the expelled students and ensure that peace returns to the already fragile environment on campus.

The time to act is NOW!