Lawyer writes Kano varsity over alleged corporal punishment on students
A Kano-based practicing Lawyer, Barr. Abba Hikima has written an open letter to the management of Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil (Formely Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, KUST) over a situation described as barbaric and inhuman as a lecturer allegedly put some students to corporal punishment.
SOLACEBASE reports that the letter was a sequel to some viral pictures of some students of the tertiary institution allegedly given corporal punishment for being late, making noise, or other infractions, in their class GST2201 (Nigerian People and Culture).
The letter posted on a verified social media handle of the legal expert on Monday said the lecturer’s action, if confirmed, is not only outrightly unconstitutional, it also constitutes degrading treatment and violation of the students’ fundamental rights protected by S34 of Nigeria’s constitution.
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The letter read in part,’’If this is indeed true, then the lecturer’s action is not only outrightly unconstitutional, it also constitutes degrading treatment and violation of the students’ fundamental rights protected by S34 of Nigeria’s constitution.
‘’The KUST as an institution of learning founded by law, must strive to uphold the law and students’ fundamental rights by immediately restraining the lecturer and issuing a formal statement to that effect. ‘’
‘’This, the university must do as a matter of urgency to save its face from an impending embarrassment. Moreover, the university may be vicariously liable for doing nothing about the unconstitutional conduct of its employees.’’
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‘’The affected lecturer must be sternly called out and the traumatized students made to understand that there is nothing in the law which permits a lecturer to behave the way the affected lecturer did. This I believe is key to ensuring that the university continues to graduate students with the necessary self-esteem needed to lead others in their chosen fields.’’
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