Missing Student: Babcock Expels Oladipupo Siwajuola

The management of Babcock University (BU) has expelled Master Oladipupo Siwajuola who left the institution on 28th April 2025 without permission or knowledge of any staff or student.

In a statement by the Director, Marketing & Communication, Joshua Suleiman, the institution accused the expelled student of deliberately leaving the University campus at peak periods, through the University Teaching Hospital’s gate, disguising in a hoodie as an out-patient.

The University also accused Oladipupo of engaging in fetish practices, gambling and impersonation.

Recall that Oladipupo’s mother had from May 3, 2025, took to social media to accused Babcock University of negligence and complicity in the her son’s disappearance.

Oladipupo was brought back to school on the 15th May 2025 by his father, and in accordance with the University’s policies, Oladipupo was invited by the University’s Security Services Department upon arrival, where he gave a detailed written statement on the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.

The statement read partly: “For the records, Oladipupo in his voluntary statement to the Security Services Department and corroborated by him before the Disciplinary Committee, stated, among others, as follows: That it was not his secondary school friends who found him, as claimed by his mother, but rather it was Sodiq’s mother that found out he was in their house with Sodiq, informed him about the online drama about his reported missing saga and subsequently returned him to his mother.

“Oladipupo further revealed that the black soap found in his possession before he left school and which his room mates queried him for using, was purchased by him from a traditional herbalist known as Alfa Yusuf for nearly ₦100,000, hence, contradicting his mother’s claim that she gave it to him for a skin condition.

“That he was engaging in fetish practices (commonly referred to as “YahooYahoo Plus”) in an attempt to get rich quick. He was peddling prohibited drug substances on campus and was caught by the Security Officers before his disappearance from school.

“He impersonated another student by using the student’s National identification Number (NIN) to open a bank account. Olaidpupo sold his phone without authorisation, lying to the purchaser thathis father was aware — all in clear violations of the provisions of the Babcock University Student Handbook. That he borrowed ₦500,000 from an online loan platform to finance his gambling business activities,” the statement said.

It added that the voluntary confessions not only contradicted his mother’s earlier public claims, “but also indicate her prior knowledge of some of these infractions including her awareness of the use of herbal substances and the involvement of a traditional practitioner

The University said after a process of fair hearing, Oladipupo was found liable of unauthorised exit from school, possession and use of fetish materials, drug peddling on campus, impersonation and dishonesty as well as unauthorised sale of personal property.

“In view of the gravity of these misconducts, and in line with the provisions of University’s disciplinary policy aimed at maintaining a safe, secure, and morally sound learning environment, the University has taken the difficult but necessary decision to dismiss Master Oladipupo Siwajuola from the University with immediate effect.

“He reserves the right to appeal the decision in accordance with the University guidelines for same stated in the Students Handbook,” the statement said.

The statement added that while the University strongly condemned the malicious and unfounded public accusations levelled against it by Oladipupo’s mother, it has decided, in light of the responsible conduct and integrity shown by Oladipupo’s father, not to pursue a libel case at this time.

“Babcock University remains a reputable institution committed to academic excellence, moral integrity, and character formation.

“We encourage parents and guardians to set their children on a path of accountability, honour, and uprightness, values that we uphold as a faith-based university.

“We urge the public to disregard false information and to continue partnering withus in raising a generation of young men and women who reflect courage, truth and responsibility,” the statement said.