Vice-Chancellor of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Prof. Ademola Tayo, on Sunday said the decision to expel its female student caught on tape having sex with her boyfriend was a difficult one.
He however said, the step had to be taken to protect the institution and its alumni.
Prof. Tayo gave the explanation during a lunchon with journalists in Lagos on Sunday at Babcock Guest House.
Recall that a video clip of two students having sex in a hospital ward trended last month.
It later turned out that the incident had occurred while the school was on holiday and that the boy in the video had been expelled from the institution before the incident.
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The University later expelled the female student said to be a 300L student.
Speaking on Sunday however, the VC disclosed that the institution was still in touch with the girl’s family and may take her back if she was remorseful.
His words: “We had to take that decision in order to protect this institution and to protect its alumni. Because anywhere they go they say the University where they are all prostitutes. They said the girls are always swallowing …and all kinds of ridicule. If we keep mute, in the public opinion they would think that anything goes in the institution. We had to make a statement to show discipline.
“But I need to tell you that I signed it off with tears in my eyes as a responsible father. But we are not leaving this young lady to her doom. The pastor called me last week and I prayed with the family. The father called me and said pray with your daughter. I said she is still my daughter. Sometimes discipline is therapeutic. It is when you go that you realise that this is not right what I have done and then you go back to yourself.
“I look forward to a time when this young girl would graduate and be celebrated. It may not be here; I don’t know where but we are not throwing the baby out with the bath water.”
The VC revealed that some stakeholders had commended the university’s decision to expel the student, saying that they would have pulled their wards out of the institution if that had not been done.
