The battle for the recall of the
suspended Pro-Chancellor of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Dr.
Emeka Enejere, has shifted to the Federal High Court, Abuja, today,
following a suit filed by the Alumni Association of the university.
Joined in the court action are the
Supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, Attorney General of
the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Ajoke, SAN, the
Governing Council of the University, and Mr. Emmanuel Ukala, who was
named as new Pro-Chancellor.
Others are the National Universities
Commission, NUC, UNN’s Registrar, Mr. Anthony Okonta, and the suspended
Pro-Chancellor, Dr. Enejere.
The plaintiffs are praying the court to
set aside the suspension of Dr. Enejere, whom they claim was the person
who was properly appointed as the Pro-Chancellor, according to the UNN
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They also prayed the court to stop Mr.
Ukala from parading himself as the new Pro-Chancellor on the grounds
that his appointment by the Supervisory Minister of Education, Wike, did
not conform with the law regulating the university.
According to the plaintiffs, only the
President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, as the Visitor to the University, had
the power to appoint the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing
Council.
They further contend that it was
President Jonathan who appointed Dr Enejere and had not removed him, and
therefore his suspension by Mr. Wike and his replacement with Mr Ukala
were both wrong. According to them, only President Jonathan has the
power to carry out any of the two functions.
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
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