Bingham University says management has zero tolerance for drugs, other vices

The management of Bingham University has declared that it has zero tolerance for drugs and other vices on the institution’s campus.

The management was reacting to reports doing the rounds in the social media about three of its suspended students who reportedly had a scuffle with a bolt driver, Obasi Okeke, on transport fare and killed him in the process.

Director of Public Affairs of the University, Mr Daburi B. Misal articulated the position of the institution in a press release issued on Monday.

Read the statement published in extenso hereunder:

“The attention of the Management of Bingham University has been drawn to a news report making the rounds on social media on 3 suspended students of the University being paraded by the authorities of the Abuja Police Command on the alleged killing of one Obasi Okeke, a Bolt driver over a scuffle on transport fare of their trip to a destination in Abuja.

“The Management of the University hereby expresses its profound sadness over the development and states that the affected students were in March 2023 identified through the University’s zero tolerance policy on drugs and suspended from the university for being in possession of Marijuana and other illicit substances.

“As required by our regulations, the students should have been taken to a rehabilitation centre by their guardians and would be taken back to the University only after certification by the University’s Psychiatrist. It was therefore shocking to see that students who were supposed to be in rehabilitation were being paraded by the Police in Abuja. While the University maintains zero tolerance for vices, the responsibility of bringing up children is a shared responsibility. The University will however continue to do its best to put them on the right path.

“The Management pledges it’s full cooperation with the Police in their investigation of the matter while expressing its deepest sympathy to the family of the deceased.

“The University hereby reiterates its commitment to producing young men and women who will continue to serve as agents of positive change and transformation of our nation as evident by the attestations received on our graduates from numerous employers both home and abroad.”