The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has expelled a student, Goddy-Mbakwe Chimamaka Precious, who assaulted one of her lecturers , Dr Chukwudi Okoye.
A letter to that effect has surfaced online:
The female student allegedly assaulted Mr Okoye, after he interrupted her while she was recording a video in the university corridor.
The incident happened at the Faculty of Arts building of the NAU, popularly known as UNIZIK.
Videos reviewed by this newspaper show Mbakwe, a third-year History and International Studies student, recording a video when Mr Okoye, a lecturer at the Department of Theatre Arts, walked past in the video, tapping her and saying “excuse me”.
The student reacted, gave him a look of disdain and told someone off her video angrily: “Can you imagine, he just hit me.”
Other viral videos show Ms Mbakwe confronting Okoye, questioning his actions. The scenario escalated, drawing the attention of students and officials and turned chaotic.
The video also showed the student fighting ‘hard’ and tearing the right side of the lecturer’s brown native clothes.
She was also seen holding onto the lecturer, who appeared to be in his 50s with slightly grey hairs.
The videos, however, show that Mr Okoye did not fight back even as the student dragged him by his shirt.
“She was making a TikTok video and I needed to pass because of the way the place was and someone was on the other side.
“I just tapped her and said, ‘excuse me’ and walked off. And when she made that insulting comment, I had to turn back to first ascertain if she was a student or my student in the department,” Okoye had narrated.
Continuing, the lecturer said: “I then needed her to delete the video. I actually asked her to delete it right in front of me. When she refused, I stretched my hand to confiscate the phone.
“And that was when all hell let loose and the rest, as they say, is history.”
