Enugu varsity suspends 3 Law students for 2 years over exam malpractice

The management of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) has suspended three students at the Faculty of Law for two academic years over their involvement in examination malpractice.

The suspension, which took effect from June 25, 2026, will run until June 24, 2028.

The suspension was announced in a separate memos addressed to the affected students by the ESUT Registrar, Ambrose Ugwu, on Monday, August 10, 2026.

The affected undergraduates, comprising two males and one female, were Isong Ugwu, Gad Nwosu, and Roseline Nnamani.

Ugwu said the ESUT Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, acting on behalf of the University Senate, approved the recommendations of the Senate Examinations Malpractice Committee.

The registrar directed the affected students to hand over any university property in their possession to their respective Heads of Department and vacate the university campus immediately.

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He added that the sponsors of the affected students and the National Universities Commission (NUC) had been informed of the development.

According to him, the students will be required to apply for readmission upon the expiration of their suspension in June 2028.

Meanwhile, another student of the Faculty of Law, Goodluck Iwuamadi, was exonerated from an allegation of examination malpractice.

Ugwu said the decision to exonerate Iwuamadi was in line with the recommendation of the Senate Examinations Malpractice Committee.