Top Nigerian varsity expels student for filming dying colleague

The management of Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, has rusticated a 200-level student, Ezi Ugoma, for four semesters after she filmed a dying colleague at the university’s health centre and shared the video on TikTok.

According to a letter dated October 21, 2025, and signed by the institution’s Principal Assistant Registrar, Ughwumiakpor A, Ugoma appeared before the school’s Students’ Disciplinary Committee in August to answer charges of gross misconduct and breach of matriculation oath.

The university said the action was a violation of the institution’s ethics, describing it as “inappropriate filming of a dying student.”

Following deliberations held on August 21, 22, and 25, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Samuel O. Asagba, approved the committee’s recommendation that Ugoma be suspended for four semesters, with effect from the 2025/2026 academic session.

She is expected to resume her studies in the 2027/2028 session.