A statement by the Registrar of the university, Dr. Yakubu Abubakar in Lokoja today, said that 19 of the affected students were expelled for various examination misconducts and 49 others withdrawn for poor academic performance.
Abubakar noted that some students also had their admissions withdrawn for failure to register within the stipulated period and wrong entry requirements and that the affected students cut across all the faculties.
He said that Professor Mohammed Abdulkadir has been appointed the new Vice Chancellor of the university to take over from Professor Hassan Isah, whose tenure expired on Oct. 12.
He added that Abdulkadir had since resumed duty, and that until his appointment, he was a professor of economic history from Bayero University, Kano.
The registrar said that while taking over from his predecessor, the new vice chancellor promised to run an inclusive and consultative administration and appealed to stakeholders to join hands with him in moving the school forward. [myad]
