An Appeal For Justice In My Case: Punish Me If I Am Guilty,
If I Am Not, Please Exonerate Me

By Noble Eyisi (Suspended SUG President UNIZIK)

Dear Sir/Madam:

I, Noble Eyisi, the impeached and suspended Students’
Union Government President writes this
letter as an appeal for justice in my case. I was
elected the Students’ Union Government
President on the 11th of December 2014 and
was inaugurated on the 15th of December of
that same year. After my election and the
Christmas break, on the 5th of January, our
government embarked on the reduction of
transport fare in the university from N30 to N20.
At first, it seemed an uphill task as the drivers
went on strike but with time and by God’s grace,
they were back and conformed to the new N20
transport scheme.

This gave us a very good recommendation and
applause from the university management,
students and citizens of our state and country.
To be candid, the reduction of the transport fare
to N20 was a huge sacrifice from the part of the
Students’ Union Government as I, the former
president sacrificed the sum of N20,000 per day
from the Transport Trust Fund (TTF), a sum of
money collected by the SUG from drivers. This
Transport Trust Fund (TTF) was illegal and
unconstitutional as it extorted money from the
students (the higher the TTF, the higher the
transport fare). For the general students, it
brought us love and goodwill as we have helped
them save N10 whenever they board a bus,
shuttle or keke but from my fellow executives,
Students’ Representative Council members
(though not inaugurated then) and the judiciary,
it brought me hatred as they felt I took away
their daily bread because they were supposed to
benefit N8,000 daily from the illegal Transport
Trust Fund (TTF). I was by God’s grace able to
navigate the ship of SUG despite pressures to
bring back the Transport Trust Fund (TTF) up
until second semester.

Before the resumption of second semester, I
called my fellow executives for a meeting where
I pleaded with them and convinced them to buy
into my idea of reducing the price of food from
N200 to N150 inside the university campus. They
all accepted and agreed to it, the food vendors
were called and most of them accepted but due
to the imminent first semester examinations, we
weren’t able to begin implementation.
At the eve of second semester, I brought to the
notice of the students our decision to bring
down food price from N200 to N150, which they
all loved, accepted and supported since it had
been a cry in their hearts and it began working
as most food vendors complied. But this policy
was greeted by a strong university management
resistance. The Vice-Chancellor called me
expressing his dissatisfaction with it and asked
me to make things right. I felt so sad but I had
to obey my superior. So I rested my case, very
much against my wish but my students felt that
their rights, expressions and feelings were being
trampled on. Even if it meant that the rent
collected by the Commercial Ventures of the
university from the food vendors be reduced, let
it be, but let the interest of the general students
be heard and protected.

Since the university management did not want
the policy to see the light of the day, I felt so
sad and decided to rest my case, but at the
same time, my students still felt cheated.
Despite the management’s high-handedness on
them through increment of fees, institution of
new fees, intimidation by university security
agents etc, the management still wanted to
extort money from them through the food prize.
With the new implementation of dues by the
management and other increments, the students
began asking me questions relating to monies
which they were asked to pay which was new in
the system, increment in some fees and so on
and this led me to write an 8-point letter to the
Vice Chancellor asking him questions which my
fellow students have been asking me. Please sir,
find attached an exact copy of the letter I sent
to the Vice Chancellor. (Attachment 1)

It may also please you to find out that there are
still other issues which I did not point out in the
letter which includes:
Increment in the General Studies (GS) fee of
Year one students from N1,000 to N4,000
Increment in the Continuous Education
Programme (CEP) school fees from N35,000 to
N39, 800, Payment of National Health Insurance Scheme
(NHIS) dues of N2,500 and yet there is no clinic,
how much more obtaining free medical
treatment; amongst many others which may still
be hidden to me.

After I gave him the letter confidentially on the
4th of May, he called the management staff of
the university, entire executives of the Students’
Union Government, the Speaker, Students’
Representative Council and the Chief Judge of
the Students’ Judicial Council to a meeting
where he countered the entire letter point by
point. In the meeting which held on the 8th of
May, my phone was seized from me and I was
almost slapped and intimidated by words spoken
by the management staff present in the meeting.
I still felt unsatisfied with the response he gave
us and unfortunately the letter got to other
fellow students. While the whole situation grew
tense, the Students’ Union Government bus under
my care was seized from me, my friends were
arrested and threatened and I too was
threatened by the Personal Assistant to the Vice
Chancellor. Please find attached a copy of this
letter (Attachment 2). It is also important to
note that the University management never gave
me money for the maintenance of the SUG bus,
though I have written to them on countless
occasions, rather my parents had always
provided me with the money with which I have
continuously repaired and maintained it.

Meanwhile, instead of addressing the issue, the
Vice-Chancellor instigated my fellow executives
to sign a vote of no confidence against me
where they accused me of a 5-count charge. It is
also attached here sir (Attachment 3) and after
the impeachment, I responded to the charges
and sent them to the Vice Chancellor of which I
am yet to get a reply to (Attachment 4). The
response is also attached. My fellow executives
also sued me to the Students’ Union Government
Court on a three-count charge, based on why I
brought down the transport fare from N30 to
N20, why I removed the illegal and
unconstitutional Transport Trust Fund (TTF) and
why I reduced the price of food within the
university which was all student-oriented.

While the whole situation was growing tense, I
thought the Vice-Chancellor would have
managed the situation well despite media
reports, rather he mandated that I be removed
quickly from office. Please sir, newspaper reports
from this issue are also attached here
(Attachment 5).

The only condition he gave me
to remain in office was to recant all I said in the
letter by calling a press conference which I will
address. I was suspended from being the
Students’ Union Government President of the
university on the 18 May, on a Monday, which
was not the normal day the Students’
Representative Council was to sit.

The suspension was unconstitutional and also on the
22 May, I was impeached. This was made
possible by the Students’ Representative Council
members who had strongly been influenced and
bought over by the Vice Chancellor through their
Heads of Departments, hence, they ensured I
was impeached and more because they were
threatened that disobedience would result to
problems in their different courses. It will also
please you, sir to note that the suspension as
the Students’ Union Government President was
done by the veto power of the Speaker as
majority of the quorum of the House seated on
that day were against it.

After my impeachment, students were really sad
and feeling that their rights had been trampled
on, On the 3rd of June, a peaceful protest was conducted of which I was
also part of. After the protest, I kept on
attending lectures regularly and on Monday, 8
June, a court order was served to the Vice
President and Speaker by the Anambra State
High Court against my suspension as SUG
President and impeachment. On the 11th of
June, on entering the university, I was arrested in
the university by a personal security aide to the
Vice Chancellor. I was intimidated and from the
Administration Block of the university, I was
dragged into the security van of the university
and taken to the State Security Service
Headquarters of Anambra State located at
Amawbia. There and then, the Director showed
me my suspension letter and I was asked to
pack my things immediately and leave the
university and also that I should not be seen in
the university until further notice. I was also
asked to sign an undertaking to this which I did.
I kept on asking for a copy of my suspension
letter but no one gave it to me. Accompanied by
security agents of the university, I packed my
things and left.

It will also please you to note sir, that on the
morning of 11th, a circular had already been
shared to all the security agents in the university
that I should not be seen in the university as I
had been suspended. It was given to them by
the Chief Security Officer of the University. All
this happened even with an order of the Anambra
State High Court which I had with me. Please
find attached the statements of the court order
(Attachment 6) and the Chief Security Officer’s
circular (Attachment 7).

All through my stay as the Students’ Union
Government President from December up until
May, it had been a selfless service. The only
amount of money I had ever received from our
SUG account which should be autonomous was
N70,000 which served as my take-off grant. It
came weeks after we had written a letter to that
effect and ever since then I have never received
any of my entitlements as the SUG President.
Even a transport route in the university which the
SUG ought to be in charge of as an Internally
Generated Revenue (IGR) for the welfare of the
students was high jacked by a personal security
aide to the Vice Chancellor, Mr. Anayo Anizoba
and when I brought up the issue, the wife of the
Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Gladys Ahaneku called me
and asked me to take 40% of the money and
leave the remaining 60% to the security aide
which I disagreed to.

Finally, in a country where people’s rights are
being trampled upon, I still believe that justice
must be upheld. I’m a very young, patriotic
Nigerian citizen of this great country who
decided to serve my country in the capacity of
Students’ Union Government Presidency of my
university, and all through my service in office, I
have fought selflessly for the rights and
privileges of my students. I don’t deserve to be
kicked out of the university considering the fact
that I have not been involved in any illegal
practices or misconduct. All I have done was for
the best interest of the students and for the
good of my country. I sincerely and desperately
appeal to you as a father to look with pity upon
me and consider my case as I have no one else
to run to. Thank you very much sir for your time,
understanding and resolution to intervene on my
behalf. God bless you.

Comrade Noble Eyisi
Department of Political Science
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

Corruption every where. You are a kind of person students would love. Them first impeach you dem neva tire. They then expelled you from school why because you were trying to set things right. You came with freedom for the students,Authorities over powered you.
What is getting me angry is that they expelled you after your parents spending money on you, after those sleepless nights reading. You are a kind of person students would love. They say violence cant solve anything bt i think if students protest on your behalf any political holder might intervene. And if i say protest i mean the way protest<riot> is done in O.A.U, FUNNAB. And me am gonna cc all political office holders i know on twitter until someone responds.

Cc. Lalasticlala, ishilove, please move to f.p let his plight be heard

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Impeached SUG president yes I know but u are not d 1st, 2nd or even the 10th sug president. Y is yours so different I keep wondering

Rule no1 of the 48 laws of power: never outshine the master...

Noble Eyisi u are good, intelligent, considerate as u feel... But u do things wrongly.
Aw can u reduce price of things in d sch without informing d right board. so y do board of directors exist... u shdve inform d fed gov of your intentions, cos u think ur vc is too small for u before implementing... Go to other schools ask them aw much dey pay starting from pume/Due/pg forms then boil t down to acceptance fee n accreditation fee, then tuition fee

Mayb d next agenda u ve will b time of starting and ending lectures.

Bros things are not done like dat, just a lil explanation or even d word sorry can make u, family n d vc friends forever.. But u are too big to do dat cos u feel u have a diamond spoon dat will never get rust but mind u it might get stolen one day.

Your guys never wanted him as d VC cos his not from d state.
From observations I think u are a plot to pull him down.
In a peaceful sch. Unizik u caused a riot.
Made d VC look like a bad man, which he's not.
u sue a Prof, VC to court all in d name of been d SUG president. all n d name of SUG president.

Guy all I can say is dat your Prof mother should send you to US or UK n wen u get der make sure u become d SUG president n reduce s tuition fee.

Hersexynez:
Impeached SUG president yes I know but u are not d 1st, 2nd or even the 10th sug president. Y is yours so different I keep wondering

Rule no1 of the 24 laws of power: never outshine the master...

Noble Eyisi u are good, intelligent, considerate as u feel... But u do things wrongly.
Aw can u reduce price of things in d sch without informing d right board. so y do board of directors exist... u shdve inform d fed gov of your intentions, cos u think ur vc is too small for u before implementing... Go to other schools ask them aw much dey pay starting from pume/Due/pg forms then boil t down to acceptance fee n accreditation fee, then tuition fee

Mayb d next agenda u ve will b time of starting and ending lectures.

Bros things are not done like dat, just a lil explanation or even d word sorry can make u, family n d vc friends forever.. But u are too big to do dat cos u feel u have a diamond spoon dat will never get rust but mind u it might get stolen one day.

Your guys never wanted him as d VC cos his not from d state.
From observations I think u are a plot to pull him down.
In a peaceful sch. Unizik u caused a riot.
Made d VC look like a bad man, which he's not.
u sue a Prof, VC to court all in d name of been d SUG president. all n d name of SUG president.

Guy all I can say is dat your Prof mother should send you to US or UK n wen u get der make sure u become d SUG president n reduce s tuition fee.

I seriously can't differentiate you from a primary 3 pupil.
you talk with great level of Ignorance. infact Your suffering from what the Bible said in Hosea 4 vs 6

A young man took the plight of suffering students alone, made light their financial burden , Gave the students a sense of belonging and open your clueless mouth to say rubbish.

am very sure your not a student of UNIZIK. Or maybe your one of the security staff victimizing the poor boy.

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I seriously can't differentiate you from a primary 3 pupil.
you talk with great level of Ignorance. infact Your suffering from what the Bible said in Hosea 4 vs 6

A young man took the plight of suffering students alone, made light their financial burden , Gave the students a sense of belonging and open your clueless mouth to say rubbish.

am very sure your not a student of UNIZIK. Or maybe your one of the security staff victimizing the poor boy.

u can say whatever u want to say dat won't change my comment...
cos I know who i am...
if u are not d Noble Eyisi tell him he need to grow up and face his studies after that he can be d philanthropist he wanna be..

Cc. Lalasticlala, ishilove, please move to f.p let his plight be heard FP Please...