Final-year students at UNIZIK defied a university ban on the traditional “signing out” celebration, leading to viral footage of armed security removing them from campus and sparking outrage on social media.
Tensions flared at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) in Awka on Thursday as some final-year students openly defied a recent ban on the popular graduation ritual known as “signing out.”
A viral video, shared by Facebook user Okwa C. Ifugo, showed two female students being escorted off campus by armed security officers. The students were wearing shirts marked with celebratory messages—a common post-exam tradition now prohibited by the university.
Earlier in the week, the school administration issued an official directive, signed by Registrar Dr. Chinenye Okeke, banning the practice. The statement cited concerns about disruption, chaos, and occasional violence associated with the activity, which allegedly interferes with academic operations.
The circulating video captured stunned bystanders watching as security personnel enforced the directive.
Social Media Reactions:
- @ksolo_hitz: “Allow people to celebrate their graduation provided they’re not violent.”
- @sheyzee__: “Misplaced priority.”
- @angodnl: “Wait oo, they used guns to arrest students for defying a sign-out restriction? Una maaad.”
- @nora_okeke: “If stubborn was a person 😂”
- @eddy_nicky_25: “Everything about Anambra dey go left…they keep banning everything. Make person no celebrate 4 years of hard work?”
- @itskylaabraham: “You people carried guns on students holding markers? Jokers 😂”
- @okito_nasamba: “That’s not an arrest, it’s an assault.”
- @justina15709: “Omo, they should just declare Anambra a state of emergency ‼️”
READ ALSO: Campus Tragedy: 300-Level UNIZIK Student Collapses, Dies During Football Match
Stories You Shouldn't Have Missed:
- NOUN disclaims reports to include its graduates in NYSC scheme
- WAEC Bars 13 Kogi Schools Over Examination Malpractice
- OOU Student Praised for Returning N90,000 Sent to Her by Mistake
- Sokoto to Spend N1bn On Scholarships within Nigeria and Abroad
- Brilliant Nigerian Man, Olatunde Temidayo Clinches Double First Class in Law
- Negligent University Denies Young Man His Results and Graduation Despite Court Order
- ‘My Dad wanted me to be a Lawyer’ – Successful Comedian Shares His Story
Join Our 500,000+ Community:
Thank you so much for reading. We will appreciate it if you share this with your loved ones.