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| Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu |
Chidinma, the 21 years old murderer,
narrated the incident to newsmen while she was being paraded for the crime by
the Lagos State police command at its headquarters in Ikeja. While addressing
journalists on the matter, the university’s deputy vice chancellor in charge of
academics and research, Professor
Oluwole Familoni, said although the university received the news with
shock, it could not take any instant decision against the student. Professor
Familoni said this was because the university was yet to receive any official
report from the appropriate quarters, especially the police, on the allegation
leveled against the student.
According to him, Chidinma
committed the alleged crime far away from the university campus and therefore
her action was personal and had nothing to do with UNILAG, adding that even
though the university is not claiming that all its students are saints, it
doesn’t teach its students how to murder people or do wrong things. He insisted
that what Chidinma had done was still on the pages of newspapers and other
media platforms and the university could not act based on that. “So, if the university will do anything on the matter,
particularly now, it will require official communication from appropriate
authorities, particularly the police, to the university,” he stressed.
Professor Familoni pointed out
that even at that, one thing is clear and that is, once a student is in police
or correctional custody, such a student cannot at the same time be in school
let alone register for courses, nor attend lectures nor do any examination. “So, if they write us that our student has committed a
criminal offence of any type, definitely, the law will take its course and that
invariably means she will not be able to qualify to remain as our student. But
as I have said, that could only be when the matter is officially communicated
to us,” he concluded.
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