A River State University of Science and Technology student who was expelled in 2015 for having “speech and hearing challenges” has been reinstated to continue her studies.
Following the expulsion, Jane Ottah, 28, dragged the university management before a Rivers State High Court for expelling her on gounds of her disability. The case has however been settled in an out-of-court agreement between the University management and the student.
The expelled student who demanded a payment of N20 million as damaged from the University along with other benefits such as provision of necessary support facilities to aid her learning process, with a demand for a perpetual injunction restraining the university or their agents from discriminating against her in any way said: “I won the case, I’m going back to school” in a conversation with correspondent of PREMIUM TIMES.
The defendant’s counsel, Rotimi Oguneso who took up the case after it was earlier reported by PREMIUM TIMES, confirmed that the matter had been settled.
He said: “We filed terms of settlement in court and same was adopted, the court recognized it as a settlement and it’s binding on all parties,” Mr. Oguneso, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said over the phone on Wednesday.
“So the university will take her back, she’s resuming in the next academic session.”