The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Professor Ndokwa Lale, has been suspended by the governing council of the university after Its meeting on Monday 6th June 2016.
The Vice Chancellor who had earlier sued the governing council, questioning the powers of the council to suspend him over allegations of incompetence in piloting the affairs of the university, reportedly went ahead to obtain a court injunction restraining the council from placing him on suspension or sacking.
The suit after its first hearing on May 31st, 2016 was later adjourned, to come up for hearing Today, June 7th, 2016 at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt.
It will be recalled that the institution under the administration of Prof. Lale had earlier introduced a new school fees policy of ‘no fee, no examination’ which the students lamented that the new fees policy was a means to mistreat the students’
The policy resulted in a violent protest which claimed the life of a final year student, Peter Ofurum, who was allegedly killed by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), led to the closure of the institution.
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