Mother In Trouble For Declaring Babcock University Student Missing

A mother may have courted indignation for herself for going on social media and declaring her child, a student of the Babcock University, Ilishan Remo missing

Fijabi Oyindamola Omotayo, took to Facebook on May 3 to demand the whereabouts of her son Oladipupo Siwajuola, also alleging negligence on the part of the institution.

The twist is that the student now stands dismissed by the institution for series of alleged offences even with the university contemplating court action against the woman.

Babcock’s Director of Marketing and Communication, Joshua Suleiman, in a statement, has in fact, listed a number of breaches on Siwajuola:

1. Deliberately leaving the campus without clearance and disguised himself in a hoodie to sneak out through the university’s Teaching Hospital gate.
2. Confessing to several acts of misconduct which were against the institution’s guidelines.
3. Agreeing to the purchase of black soap from a traditional herbalist for N100,000, which contradicted his mother’s earlier claim that she had given it to him to treat a skin condition.
4. Admitting that the soap was intended for ritual purposes, as part of a “Yahoo Yahoo Plus” scheme, a slang term for internet fraud mixed with fetish practices.
5. Revealing that he was engaging in fetish practices in an attempt to get rich quickly.
6. Confessing to drug peddling,
7. Borrowing N500,000 from an online loan app to fund gambling, and
8. impersonating another student to open a bank account

The Babcock university statement added that Siwajuola had sold his phone without authorisation and misled the buyer by claiming that his father had consented.

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While contrasting Siwajuola’s mother’s claim that her son was found by his secondary school friends, the university disclosed that it was Sodiq’s mother, the parent of a friend he stayed with in Lagos, who discovered his presence in their home and alerted his family after noticing the growing online controversy.

On the bases of the above Babcock University holds that Siwajuola was found liable for multiple offences, including “unauthorised exit from campus, possession and use of fetish materials, drug peddling, impersonation and dishonesty, and unauthorised sale of personal property.”

“While we recognise the emotional weight of this decision, especially for the family involved, our foremost responsibility remains the safety and moral integrity of all students entrusted to our care,” Suleiman said.

“However, because of the responsible conduct shown by the student’s father, the university will not pursue a libel case at this time,” Suleiman concluded.