Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, has been reopened after it was shut down in the wake of students protests 27 days ago, the management announced on Friday.
The students had embarked on protests in early October over the death of one of their colleagues which they blamed on the institution’s clinic.
Spokesman for the varsity Abiodun Olarewaju in a statement said the decision to reopen the university was taken at an emergency meeting of the Senate.
The release further stated that “the students would come to residence on Friday, 5th November, 2021 and continue with their examinations on Saturday, 6th of November, 2021 in tandem with what was previously on ground.”
The university advised that those who have finished their examinations should remain at home.
Vice-chancellor of the university Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede charged the students to be law-abiding and not to engage in anything that could further elongate the session.
