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Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Unibenstudents: 10:44pm On Feb 12, 2016
FACULTY OF LAW,
UNIVERSITY OF BENIN
BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA.
06 February, 2016.

TO: The Council of Legal Education, Nigeria.
CC: Nigerian Bar Association.
CC: Nigerian University Commission.


COMPLAINT ON HARRASMENT OF STUDENTS BY THE DEAN OF UNIBEN FACULTY OF LAW

This letter is written out of repressed and long held feelings of frustrations borne by most undergraduate students of the faculty of law of the University of Benin.

Our point of substance and straight to the point, that it is a recognized principle of Nigerian jurisprudence as encapsulated by Justice Obaseki in the case of Odi v Osafile that “laws are made for men, and not men for laws…”. In the Faculty of Law of the University of Benin, draconian laws as well as rules that grossly offends the human conscience are being made for undergraduate law students to obey, and the mere perception of an intention to disobey such laws are met with severe sanctions.

Ever since July 2014, when Prof. Richard I. Idubor Ph.D. assumed the reins of command as the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Benin, students of the faculty have been intimidated, harassed, oppressed and subjugated in the name of keeping the law. Prof. Idubor is a man who loves law and order, and likes everything to be done so orderly. This has led to severe repercussions on innocent students.
Firstly, he conceives the mere intention to commit an offence as sufficient proof of commission of that offence. For example, when he sees a student and feels that from mere countenance, the person has the markings of a deviant, such unfortunate student is made to face the music. Hence, situations where students are booked for “looking like someone who is conspiring against the faculty” or “walking like someone who has evil in his heart” or mere “smiling vacantly like a malignant deviant” are rampant in the faculty, and such students are made to pay the same penalty as one who has actually taken positive action to malign the university. Under our criminal laws, mere intention to commit an offence is not sufficient proof of commission of the offence. It is therefore ridiculous that some students suffer grievous penalties such as non-recommendation for law school simply because in the opinion of the dean, they possess some mental attributes of one planning to commit an offence.

The very fact that the dean of law wields the power to sign the law school forms of law students and recommend students who are eligible to go to law school is one which has been grossly abused by Professor Richard Idubor in the University of Benin. The special reservation of a book for those persons whom he feels are deviants and his high favoritism for female students as against the males for matters unjustly not needing attention is greatly unbecoming of a dean as he has permanently said and swore over his living body that the said book are for those law students that will never go to law school.

We categorically state that confirmed rumours have been making the rounds that the dean is engaged in sale of law school slots for the University of Benin to other schools. This is indeed a shameful act that the mere reportage of such wells up tears of infamous embarrassment in the hearts of these writers. He uses the excuse of deviant behavior to reduce the number of legitimate UNIBEN students qualified to go to law school. The dean is a principal member of the University Senate, this has prevented many lecturers who are aware of this insalubrious and diabolical act of turpitude from protesting and remonstrating, due to fear of either spiritual, physical or financial reprisal.
Many students have been coerced into making decisions and taking actions which they ordinarily would not take, because if they do otherwise, they would “not go to law school”. The dean has acerbically abused this power to the extent that he has marginalized student unionism and religious activities within the faculty. He has successfully prevented the Christian Law students Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON) from holding religious meetings within the faculty which is a violation of Section 38 of the 1999 Constitution which provides for the right to worship freely. This has greatly reduced the image and activities of CLASFON within the university.

Furthermore, Professor Idubor has stringently dealt a heavy blow and clamped down student unionism in the faculty. He has prevented the Law Students Association (LAWSA) of the university from conducting their lawful business, and has interfered with every single activity carried out by the body, including subtle manipulation of elections into the LAWSA executive body. Anybody that dares to oppose his anointed candidate through constructive criticism will immediately be challenged with the threat of not going to law school. Extra-curricular activities within the faculty has come to a standstill simply because the dean does not approve of such.

Furthermore, the dean has systematically broken family relationships between parents and their children through his incessant intrusions into family affairs. He has an uncanny habit of calling the parents of any student whom he accuses or suspects of being a deviant. Hence, where a student who for the first time is in a slight violation of the dress code regulation of the faculty, he always request for the phone number of the father of such student and calls to report the student to his father, representing that the student is a very stubborn deviant and a serial law breaker who has lost track of his purpose in school as against who ordinarily is. He does this notwithstanding the fact that the student might be a first time offender. This creates the impression in the mind of such parent that his child is involved in some heinous crime like rape, assault, or cultism. The implication of this is that an elderly father with a weak heart could develop heart attack or cardiac arrest due to the undue stress and worry being placed on him over some frivolous claims. It also unjustly represents the student to be wicked and extremely disobedient and insubordinate whereas he might indeed be otherwise.

Furthermore, it cannot be said that the dean is effectively discharging his duty as the leader of the faculty. This can be seen in light of the recent accreditation exercise carried out by the Council of Legal Education and the NUC. Whatever renovations that the accreditation officers saw were mainly representations of eye-service. The renovations were simply carried out in a bid to avoid dis-accreditation. Most of the equipment purchased such as the modern electronic boards were simply displayed to catch the attention of accreditation officials, as they have not yet been put to use. The paintings of the faculty itself was as well done in great eye-service. The faculty management on the instruction of the dean even went as far as bribing the students to give good report of the faculty administration in the event that they were interrogated by the accreditation officers that made many a law student cower to talk and speak their mind on the said days of the accreditation exercise.
In light of the excesses and abuse of power being carried out by the megalomaniac dean, we fashion this letter in the hopes of effecting an external investigation into the undue marginalization of some students who are unjustly prevented from going to law school for frivolous reasons. Many innocent final year students are already languishing with the knowledge that they have been book-marked as never to be recommended for law school.

Yours Faithfully,
A conglomeration of aggrieved law students

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Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Nobody: 2:04am On Feb 13, 2016
how dare you? i refuse to be INTIMIDATED.i will ACTIVATE your parents against you.
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Nobody: 8:24am On Feb 13, 2016
guy act like a law student for Gods sake.dnt rant simply write an appropriate petition.submit it to
1.servicom
2. office of vc or adress the petetion to ur school senate
3. u can also submit a copy to the senator in charge of ur zone
4.write a petition and submit to nuc.they deal with these kinds of things on a daily basis
i swear by the time all these organisations come calling even ur lecturers will be afraid of u


aluta continua
victoria ascerta

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Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Nobody: 8:29am On Feb 13, 2016
vsaintchigs:
guy act like a law student for Gods sake.dnt rant simply write an appropriate petition.submit it to
1.servicom
2. office of vc or adress the petetion to ur school senate
3. u can also submit a copy to the senator in charge of ur zone
4.write a petition and submit to nuc.they deal with these kinds of things on a daily basis
i swear by the time all these organisations come calling even ur lecturers will be afraid of u


aluta continua
victoria ascerta

U sabi gan.
The V.C. knows what's going on.
The servicom of a thing will not do sh1t about.
The senitor doesn't have time for such issue as it doesn't involve sharing money.

This is the best thing >> public outcry. Just copy some unbiased newspaper companies, mention well rooted folks in the opposition party on twitter with this link.

I bet they'll release a statement in earnest.
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Nobody: 8:41am On Feb 13, 2016
thisisayus:


U sabi gan
my guy the thing just dey vex me .the guy reasoning is that of an ordinary man and not a learned man.come unn all our law lecturers walk on eggshells cos our blood dey always hot
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by naijaboiy: 9:21am On Feb 13, 2016
angry
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by MosquitoLaps(m): 10:01am On Feb 13, 2016
So na dis man ban us from receiving lectures @ Law Faculty? Naijaboiy, iffa swear for pesin, e go affect pesin o.
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by naijaboiy: 12:14pm On Feb 13, 2016
MosquitoLaps:
So na dis man ban us from receiving lectures @ Law Faculty?
Naija boiy, iffa swear for pesin, e go affect pesin o.
Lol yes o!

Na the mumu man. I wonder why he made such a rule.
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by MosquitoLaps(m): 5:06pm On Feb 13, 2016
naijaboiy:

Lol yes o!

Na the mumu man. I wonder why he made such a rule.
I guess Prof Atsegbua is helpless in reining him in.
I jus pity una wey dey d Faculty.
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by puuleeese: 7:39am On Feb 14, 2016
Please!, grow a pair. Are you serious. The Dean makes draconian laws, prevent clasfon from holding their meeting, favours girls to boys, call parents to complain against their children? Are you for real?
First of, the majority of the students don't have problem with the Dean, if you dress well, look neat and speak well, the Dean won't have any problem with you. Be true to yourself, when you're in faculty, there's something off about you; your hair is fried, trouser a bit too high, your tie a tad crooked. The Dean is a bit from the previous generation which value appearance over even character because then when cultism was prevalence in uniben, you knew the cultists from their appearance. Therefore look at yourself.
That he banned clasfon from holding their meeting, that is a directive from the V.C's office, therefore, if you see a fellowship holding in another faculty, know that they are flouting the rules. In another light, if a student is reading in the faculty and you are in the other LT reading, preaching and praying in loud voices, won't that be unfair to the student. There's a time and place for everything!!. This is a school environment not a church!!.
Finally, be very honest to yourself, you love the rule which prevents other students from reading in our faculty, don't you?. If you ask around, majority of our students love it. When you come for night class, there'll be space to read, especially this exam period. Isn't that a draconian law. You were quoting sections here as if you're the only lawyer on the planet. Mind yourself. It's people like you that gives this faculty a bad name
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Nobody: 8:46am On Feb 14, 2016
puuleeese:
Please!, grow a pair. Are you serious. The Dean makes draconian laws, prevent clasfon from holding their meeting, favours girls to boys, call parents to complain against their children? Are you for real?
First of, the majority of the students don't have problem with the Dean, if you dress well, look neat and speak well, the Dean won't have any problem with you. Be true to yourself, when you're in faculty, there's something off about you; your hair is fried, trouser a bit too high, your tie a tad crooked. The Dean is a bit from the previous generation which value appearance over even character because then when cultism was prevalence in uniben, you knew the cultists from their appearance. Therefore look at yourself.
That he banned clasfon from holding their meeting, that is a directive from the V.C's office, therefore, if you see a fellowship holding in another faculty, know that they are flouting the rules. In another light, if a student is reading in the faculty and you are in the other LT reading, preaching and praying in loud voices, won't that be unfair to the student. There's a time and place for everything!!. This is a school environment not a church!!.
Finally, be very honest to yourself, you love the rule which prevents other students from reading in our faculty, don't you?. If you ask around, majority of our students love it. When you come for night class, there'll be space to read, especially this exam period. Isn't that a draconian law. You were quoting sections here as if you're the only lawyer on the planet. Mind yourself. It's people like you that gives this faculty a bad name

Growing up in an insane environment makes one feel lawlessness is justified.
You are one of the problems in Nigeria.
You opened a new moniker to spew gibberish thinking it'll make sense?
Get a life bro
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Nobody: 11:00pm On Feb 22, 2016
Chei, chimo... Fowl yansh aff open...

Cc:
Naijaboiy.
MosquitoLaps.
RobinHez.

Lemme see any fhuckin idiat dat will tell me dat Law students are highly favoured...
lipsrsealed
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by MosquitoLaps(m): 11:03pm On Feb 22, 2016
Ebayray:
Chei, chimo... Fowl yansh aff open...

Cc:
Naijaboiy.
MosquitoLaps.
RobinHez.

Lemme see any fhuckin idiat dat will tell me dat Law students are highly favoured...
lipsrsealed
Law students are highly favoured. tongue
All non-Law students who offer logic are persons who are not highly favoured. grin grin grin
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Nobody: 11:06pm On Feb 22, 2016
MosquitoLaps:
Law students are highly favoured. tongue

Not true at all.... I totally disagree.

Hehehehehe, told ya... I knew I was gon find ur monicker tongue
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by MosquitoLaps(m): 11:11pm On Feb 22, 2016
Ebayray:


Not true at all.... I totally disagree.

Hehehehehe, told ya... I knew I was gon find ur monicker tongue
This is not my real moniker o.
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Nobody: 11:13pm On Feb 22, 2016
MosquitoLaps:
This is not my real moniker o.

Lolz, na so ooooooo cool
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by MosquitoLaps(m): 11:17pm On Feb 22, 2016
Ebayray:


Lolz, na so ooooooo cool
Who is your Faculty President sef? Is it still ?
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Nobody: 11:18pm On Feb 22, 2016
MosquitoLaps:

Who is your Faculty President sef? Is it still ?
Abeg wat is faculty president again o?!
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by MosquitoLaps(m): 11:23pm On Feb 22, 2016
Ebayray:

Abeg wat is faculty president again o?!
Your Faculty student Association. Lawsa. Ain't that what you lots call yours?
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Nobody: 11:24pm On Feb 22, 2016
MosquitoLaps:

Your Faculty student Association. Lawsa. Ain't that what you lots call yours?


Lol, yeah..

Yeah, still
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by MosquitoLaps(m): 11:28pm On Feb 22, 2016
Ebayray:


Lol, yeah..
Yeah, still
Hian! Mek I no talk pas dat one sha.
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Nobody: 11:29pm On Feb 22, 2016
MosquitoLaps:
Hian! Mek I no talk pas dat one sha.
cheesy. Wetin happen?
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Nobody: 11:32pm On Feb 22, 2016
Thanks @my diary.. smiley
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by PietroRico(m): 1:04am On Feb 23, 2016
Hence, situations where students are booked for “looking like someone who is conspiring against the faculty” or “walking like someone who has evil in his heart” or mere “smiling vacantly like a malignant deviant” are rampant in the faculty



grin grin
Naijaboiy pls tell me these things were exaggerated
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by naijaboiy: 2:15am On Feb 23, 2016
PietroRico:
Hence, situations where students are booked for “looking like someone who is conspiring against the faculty” or “walking like someone who has evil in his heart” or mere “smiling vacantly like a malignant deviant” are rampant in the faculty



grin grin
Naija boiy pls tell me these things were exaggerated
No Exagerration! cheesy
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by MosquitoLaps(m): 9:03am On Feb 23, 2016
Ebayray:

cheesy. Wetin happen?
lipsrsealed
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by JayBray: 9:35pm On Feb 29, 2016
Unibenstudents:
FACULTY OF LAW,
UNIVERSITY OF BENIN
BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA.
06 February, 2016.

TO: The Council of Legal Education, Nigeria.
CC: Nigerian Bar Association.
CC: Nigerian University Commission.


COMPLAINT ON HARRASMENT OF STUDENTS BY THE DEAN OF UNIBEN FACULTY OF LAW

This letter is written out of repressed and long held feelings of frustrations borne by most undergraduate students of the faculty of law of the University of Benin.

Our point of substance and straight to the point, that it is a recognized principle of Nigerian jurisprudence as encapsulated by Justice Obaseki in the case of Odi v Osafile that “laws are made for men, and not men for laws…”. In the Faculty of Law of the University of Benin, draconian laws as well as rules that grossly offends the human conscience are being made for undergraduate law students to obey, and the mere perception of an intention to disobey such laws are met with severe sanctions.

Ever since July 2014, when Prof. Richard I. Idubor Ph.D. assumed the reins of command as the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Benin, students of the faculty have been intimidated, harassed, oppressed and subjugated in the name of keeping the law. Prof. Idubor is a man who loves law and order, and likes everything to be done so orderly. This has led to severe repercussions on innocent students.
Firstly, he conceives the mere intention to commit an offence as sufficient proof of commission of that offence. For example, when he sees a student and feels that from mere countenance, the person has the markings of a deviant, such unfortunate student is made to face the music. Hence, situations where students are booked for “looking like someone who is conspiring against the faculty” or “walking like someone who has evil in his heart” or mere “smiling vacantly like a malignant deviant” are rampant in the faculty, and such students are made to pay the same penalty as one who has actually taken positive action to malign the university. Under our criminal laws, mere intention to commit an offence is not sufficient proof of commission of the offence. It is therefore ridiculous that some students suffer grievous penalties such as non-recommendation for law school simply because in the opinion of the dean, they possess some mental attributes of one planning to commit an offence.

The very fact that the dean of law wields the power to sign the law school forms of law students and recommend students who are eligible to go to law school is one which has been grossly abused by Professor Richard Idubor in the University of Benin. The special reservation of a book for those persons whom he feels are deviants and his high favoritism for female students as against the males for matters unjustly not needing attention is greatly unbecoming of a dean as he has permanently said and swore over his living body that the said book are for those law students that will never go to law school.

We categorically state that confirmed rumours have been making the rounds that the dean is engaged in sale of law school slots for the University of Benin to other schools. This is indeed a shameful act that the mere reportage of such wells up tears of infamous embarrassment in the hearts of these writers. He uses the excuse of deviant behavior to reduce the number of legitimate UNIBEN students qualified to go to law school. The dean is a principal member of the University Senate, this has prevented many lecturers who are aware of this insalubrious and diabolical act of turpitude from protesting and remonstrating, due to fear of either spiritual, physical or financial reprisal.
Many students have been coerced into making decisions and taking actions which they ordinarily would not take, because if they do otherwise, they would “not go to law school”. The dean has acerbically abused this power to the extent that he has marginalized student unionism and religious activities within the faculty. He has successfully prevented the Christian Law students Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON) from holding religious meetings within the faculty which is a violation of Section 38 of the 1999 Constitution which provides for the right to worship freely. This has greatly reduced the image and activities of CLASFON within the university.

Furthermore, Professor Idubor has stringently dealt a heavy blow and clamped down student unionism in the faculty. He has prevented the Law Students Association (LAWSA) of the university from conducting their lawful business, and has interfered with every single activity carried out by the body, including subtle manipulation of elections into the LAWSA executive body. Anybody that dares to oppose his anointed candidate through constructive criticism will immediately be challenged with the threat of not going to law school. Extra-curricular activities within the faculty has come to a standstill simply because the dean does not approve of such.

Furthermore, the dean has systematically broken family relationships between parents and their children through his incessant intrusions into family affairs. He has an uncanny habit of calling the parents of any student whom he accuses or suspects of being a deviant. Hence, where a student who for the first time is in a slight violation of the dress code regulation of the faculty, he always request for the phone number of the father of such student and calls to report the student to his father, representing that the student is a very stubborn deviant and a serial law breaker who has lost track of his purpose in school as against who ordinarily is. He does this notwithstanding the fact that the student might be a first time offender. This creates the impression in the mind of such parent that his child is involved in some heinous crime like rape, assault, or cultism. The implication of this is that an elderly father with a weak heart could develop heart attack or cardiac arrest due to the undue stress and worry being placed on him over some frivolous claims. It also unjustly represents the student to be wicked and extremely disobedient and insubordinate whereas he might indeed be otherwise.

Furthermore, it cannot be said that the dean is effectively discharging his duty as the leader of the faculty. This can be seen in light of the recent accreditation exercise carried out by the Council of Legal Education and the NUC. Whatever renovations that the accreditation officers saw were mainly representations of eye-service. The renovations were simply carried out in a bid to avoid dis-accreditation. Most of the equipment purchased such as the modern electronic boards were simply displayed to catch the attention of accreditation officials, as they have not yet been put to use. The paintings of the faculty itself was as well done in great eye-service. The faculty management on the instruction of the dean even went as far as bribing the students to give good report of the faculty administration in the event that they were interrogated by the accreditation officers that made many a law student cower to talk and speak their mind on the said days of the accreditation exercise.
In light of the excesses and abuse of power being carried out by the megalomaniac dean, we fashion this letter in the hopes of effecting an external investigation into the undue marginalization of some students who are unjustly prevented from going to law school for frivolous reasons. Many innocent final year students are already languishing with the knowledge that they have been book-marked as never to be recommended for law school.

Yours Faithfully,
A conglomeration of aggrieved law students
guy this is one huge defamation...no matter how aggrieved u may be u v no right to defame the dean. jeez! disappointed
Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by originbm: 10:34pm On Apr 04, 2016
[quote author=Unibenstudents post=42873720] FACULTY OF LAW,
UNIVERSITY OF BENIN
BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA.
06 February, 2016.

TO: The Council of Legal Education, Nigeria.
CC: Nigerian Bar Association.
CC: Nigerian University Commission.


COMPLAINT ON HARRASMENT OF STUDENTS BY THE DEAN OF UNIBEN FACULTY OF LAW

This letter is written out of repressed and long held feelings of frustrations borne by most undergraduate students of the faculty of law of the University of Benin.

Our point of substance and straight to the point, that it is a recognized principle of Nigerian jurisprudence as encapsulated by Justice Obaseki in the case of Odi v Osafile that “laws are made for men, and not men for laws…”. In the Faculty of Law of the University of Benin, draconian laws as well as rules that grossly offends the human conscience are being made for undergraduate law students to obey, and the mere perception of an intention to disobey such laws are met with severe sanctions.

Ever since July 2014, when Prof. Richard I. Idubor Ph.D. assumed the reins of command as the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Benin, students of the faculty have been intimidated, harassed, oppressed and subjugated in the name of keeping the law. Prof. Idubor is a man who loves law and order, and likes everything to be done so orderly. This has led to severe repercussions on innocent students.
Firstly, he conceives the mere intention to commit an offence as sufficient proof of commission of that offence. For example, when he sees a student and feels that from mere countenance, the person has the markings of a deviant, such unfortunate student is made to face the music. Hence, situations where students are booked for “looking like someone who is conspiring against the faculty” or “walking like someone who has evil in his heart” or mere “smiling vacantly like a malignant deviant” are rampant in the faculty, and such students are made to pay the same penalty as one who has actually taken positive action to malign the university. Under our criminal laws, mere intention to commit an offence is not sufficient proof of commission of the offence. It is therefore ridiculous that some students suffer grievous penalties such as non-recommendation for law school simply because in the opinion of the dean, they possess some mental attributes of one planning to commit an offence.

The very fact that the dean of law wields the power to sign the law school forms of law students and recommend students who are eligible to go to law school is one which has been grossly abused by Professor Richard Idubor in the University of Benin. The special reservation of a book for those persons whom he feels are deviants and his high favoritism for female students as against the males for matters unjustly not needing attention is greatly unbecoming of a dean as he has permanently said and swore over his living body that the said book are for those law students that will never go to law school.

We categorically state that confirmed rumours have been making the rounds that the dean is engaged in sale of law school slots for the University of Benin to other schools. This is indeed a shameful act that the mere reportage of such wells up tears of infamous embarrassment in the hearts of these writers. He uses the excuse of deviant behavior to reduce the number of legitimate UNIBEN students qualified to go to law school. The dean is a principal member of the University Senate, this has prevented many lecturers who are aware of this insalubrious and diabolical act of turpitude from protesting and remonstrating, due to fear of either spiritual, physical or financial reprisal.
Many students have been coerced into making decisions and taking actions which they ordinarily would not take, because if they do otherwise, they would “not go to law school”. The dean has acerbically abused this power to the extent that he has marginalized student unionism and religious activities within the faculty. He has successfully prevented the Christian Law students Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON) from holding religious meetings within the faculty which is a violation of Section 38 of the 1999 Constitution which provides for the right to worship freely. This has greatly reduced the image and activities of CLASFON within the university.

Furthermore, Professor Idubor has stringently dealt a heavy blow and clamped down student unionism in the faculty. He has prevented the Law Students Association (LAWSA) of the university from conducting their lawful business, and has interfered with every single activity carried out by the body, including subtle manipulation of elections into the LAWSA executive body. Anybody that dares to oppose his anointed candidate through constructive criticism will immediately be challenged with the threat of not going to law school. Extra-curricular activities within the faculty has come to a standstill simply because the dean does not approve of such.

Furthermore, the dean has systematically broken family relationships between parents and their children through his incessant intrusions into family affairs. He has an uncanny habit of calling the parents of any student whom he accuses or suspects of being a deviant. Hence, where a student who for the first time is in a slight violation of the dress code regulation of the faculty, he always request for the phone number of the father of such student and calls to report the student to his father, representing that the student is a very stubborn deviant and a serial law breaker who has lost track of his purpose in school as against who ordinarily is. He does this notwithstanding the fact that the student might be a first time offender. This creates the impression in the mind of such parent that his child is involved in some heinous crime like rape, assault, or cultism. The implication of this is that an elderly father with a weak heart could develop heart attack or cardiac arrest due to the undue stress and worry being placed on him over some frivolous claims. It also unjustly represents the student to be wicked and extremely disobedient and insubordinate whereas he might indeed be otherwise.

Furthermore, it cannot be said that the dean is effectively discharging his duty as the leader of the faculty. This can be seen in light of the recent accreditation exercise carried out by the Council of Legal Education and the NUC. Whatever renovations that the accreditation officers saw were mainly representations of eye-service. The renovations were simply carried out in a bid to avoid dis-accreditation. Most of the equipment purchased such as the modern electronic boards were simply displayed to catch the attention of accreditation officials, as they have not yet been put to use. The paintings of the faculty itself was as well done in great eye-service. The faculty management on the instruction of the dean even went as far as bribing the students to give good report of the faculty administration in the event that they were interrogated by the accreditation officers that made many a law student cower to talk and speak their mind on the said days of the accreditation exercise.
In light of the excesses and abuse of power being carried out by the megalomaniac dean, we fashion this letter in the hopes of effecting an external investigation into the undue marginalization of some students who are unjustly prevented from going to law school for frivolous reasons. Many innocent final year students are already languishing with the knowledge that they have been book-marked as never to be recommended for law school.

Yours Faithfully,
A conglomeration of aggrieved law students
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Re: Complaint On Harrasment Of Students By The Dean Of Uniben Faculty Of Law by Etinosa1234: 11:35am On Aug 06, 2021
Its 2021 and the new Dean, Prof Aigbokaevbo is doin even worse


No wonder Nigeria leaders go from bad to worse

Its in the blood of every one of them

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