A Federal High Court in Kano, Kano State, ordered Bayero University, Kano, to reinstate the daughter of Katsina-based business mogul, Hafsat Mangal, as a bonafide student.
The court also held that the expulsion of Ms. Mangal from the university over alleged examination malpractice was null and void.
In his judgment in Kano on Tuesday, Justice Fatun Riman said the evidences and authorities adduced by both parties indicated that Ms Mangal was not given fair hearing before she was expelled.
Justice Riman said he relied on the questions asked the plaintiff at the Khamisu Sani Committee on Examination Malpractice.
Mr. Riman said, “The questions created a lacuna in the proceeding and thereby infringed on the fundamental right of the plaintiff as guaranteed in the constitution.
“The plaintiff has discharged the onus placed on her to prove her case within the balance of probability in civil case.’’
He ordered the university and other defendants to re-instate the plaintiff to continue with her English language study in the Faculty of Arts without any loss of rights and privileges.
“These include the right to participate fully in normal academic and extra-curricular activities that would lead to her successful completion of Bachelor of Arts Degree programme in English’’, he said.
The plaintiff, a 300-level student, was expelled from the university on January 14, 2011 for alleged examination malpractice.
Ms. Mangal had testified for herself while the defendants through their counsel, Francis Ithunokia, called two witnesses.
She denied that she cheated in the examination saying that the booklet that caused the mal-practice accusation was not found with her and the handwriting in the booklet was not hers.
(NAN)
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