The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has ordered the University of Calabar (UNICAL) to pay the sum of 55 million naira to eight engineering students of the school.
The Court, presided over by Justice R. O. Dugbo-Oghoghorie, in the suit (FHC/CA/CS/117/21) filed by Idiong Ekpedeme Godwin and seven others (popularly known as the “UNICAL 8”), against the university, its former Vice Chancellor, Professor Florence Obi, and four others, declared the action of the university as illegal, “fraudulent, reckless and deceitful” for admitting the students without accreditation of the Engineering Course by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
The judge ruled that “No institution should operate a programme without prior NUC approval; the university owes a ‘duty of care’ to disclose the accreditation status to prospective students.”
The court awarded N50 million in general damages and N5.247 million in special damages to the plaintiffs for the psychological trauma and academic stagnation they suffered.
The students provided evidence showing that full accreditation of the engineering course in the university was secured in the 2024/2025 academic year, a period when the students were expected to have graduated.
In 2021, over two hundred engineering students of the school were demoted from final year and third year to second year, causing furore among many students, with some of them heading to court.
Mr Eyo Eyo, the Public Relations Officer of the school, says there “shall be a formal response from the school”.
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