No fewer than 34 students of the Lagos State University have missed the first semester examinations which began on Monday.
The students are currently in police detention following the killings of two students of the institution.
The implication of this is that the students will automatically carry over all their courses.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the development
could also lead to some of them having extra year because some of the
courses must be passed before advanced level of the courses could be
studied.
PUNCH Metro had reported on March 5,
2013 that over 70 students were arrested in connection with the killings
of two students of the school, Hip Hop artiste, Damilola Olaniyan aka
Damino Damoche and Kabiru Atoyebi.
It was learnt that after the suspects
were screened at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, about 36
students were released while others remained in custody.
The Students Union Government of the
institution had appealed to the school authorities to ensure the
suspected students were allowed to participate in the examination, while
their interrogation continued.
According to a source in the school,
who pleaded anonymity, the SUG feels that the students do not deserve to
be treated like criminals since they have not been found guilty.
