Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University in Niger state has expelled 23 students from the Institution over two major offences.

17 of the students were advised to withdraw from the Institution due to low academic performance, while seven were withdrawn for various misconducts.

Vice Chancellor of the Institution, Professor Abu Kasim Adamu, disclosed this while addressing Journalists in Minna yesterday ahead of the 4th combined Convocation of the University scheduled to hold on Saturday, May 21.

He said; “A total of 6,154 students will be graduating on Saturday out of which 37 will be graduating with first class, 954 graduates will be presented with second class upper certificates, while 3, 283 will get second class lower division.

“A total of 1,538 will be graduating with a 3rd class degree and 17 others with Pass,” the VC declared.

He revealed that those involved in the combined Convocation are the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 graduands adding that 5,719 of the students will be undergraduates while 435 are from the Post Graduate Diploma (PGD), Masters degrees Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

The Vice-Chancellor said the Institution has zero tolerance for all sorts of crimes especially cultism, drug abuse and cyber crime adding that anybody caught will be rusticated from the university.