AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY CULTISTS, POLICE FACE - OFF - Varsity Reacts

Afe Babalola University has reacted to the recent violence that has engulfed the campus. In a statement signed by Tunde Olofintila, Head, Corporate Affairs of the varsity presented the institution's position on the recent unfortunate development.

The press statement :

Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), a 21st Century modern University which places high premium on Academic, learning, Research and character, has rules and regulations which must be obeyed at all material times.
To give vent to the all-important academic aspect of the University’s business, it is a a well-known convention or culture among members of the ABUAD community that students cannot score less than 1.5 CGPA. Those who are within this unacceptable range of academic performance are therefore encouraged to do better so that they can be what the Founder, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN and Management want them to be in future, great men and woman.
The Founder therefore goes as far as awarding cash Awards of N500,000 to those with 5.0 CGPA, N250,000 to those with 4.8 CGPA and N100,000 for those with 4.5 CGPA. It is on record that there are students who have collected this largesse for two to four years consecutively.
However, there were some skirmishes on Campus on Sunday night. As it is in some public Universities, the said skirmishes was engineered and orchestrated by those who were not doing well academically and who are not prepared to improve on their academic performance.
It must be emphasized here that the University’s First Semester Examinations which commenced two weeks ago are programmed to be rounded off this weekend after which the students would proceed on their First Semester Break.
But rather than continue with the examination, those with low Academic grades, some of who did not have clearance certificates for the First Semester and/or who did not register for the First Semester examination, went on rampage and in the process vandalized some University’s property, the cost of which is being assessed.
We want to assure all parents, well-wishers and stakeholders that the situation has been put under control with people going about their business without let or hindrance.
In consonance with our well-respect culture of uninterrupted academic calendar, the examinations will go on, contrary to their plan, and Management will not close down the six-year old institution of Higher Education.