Full List: 19 Nigerian Students Sent to Prison without Option of FineA High Court in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, on Wednesday, October 20, sentenced 19 students to six years’ imprisonment each for cultism. Your support matters. Sustain independent journalism in Nigeria – contribute to Legit.ng. The presiding judge, Justice Umar Fadawu, held that there was sufficient evidence proving that the students committed the offence of conspiracy and management/membership of an unlawful society, Daily Nigerian reported. Legit.ng gathers that the convicts were arrested by the police in September 2019 in a hotel in Maiduguri for being members of an unlawful society called Neo Black Movement a.k.a Black Axe. The judge after considering the pleas from some of the convicts and their counsel sentenced them to six years each on each of the two counts without an option of a fine. He added that the prison terms shall run concurrently starting from Wednesday, October 20. Recommended for you Bola Tinubu advised to consider Faleke for chief of staff PAY ATTENTION: Join Legit.ng Telegram channel! Never miss important updates! In other news, the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, has expelled four students and rusticated six others. The school's principal assistant registrar, Ismail Onikoko, in a statement issued on behalf of the registrar, Kolawole Akande, on Wednesday, October 20, explained the students were expelled and rusticated over alleged impersonation and examination malpractices. The offences are contrary to the matriculation oath the students swore to, the statement explained. Meanwhile, a Nigerian student identified as Iniobong Ekpo Isang has taken Akwa Ibom University to court after expelling him over a social media post he made against the governor of the state, Udom Emmanuel. Recommended for you "Which school is this?" Oyinbo teacher in UK marks attendance register in c... The university in a letter dated April 9th, 2021 hinged their decision of his expulsion on what it described as ''gross misconduct", an act they said constituted a breach of the Matriculation Oath. The expulsion letter which was signed by the University Registrar, John E. Udo, also read that the student was barred from entering the campus premises. Source: Legit.ng A High Court in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, on Wednesday, October 20, sentenced 19 students to six years’ imprisonment each for cultism. Your support matters. Sustain independent journalism in Nigeria – contribute to Legit.ng. Legit.ng Join Legit.ng Telegram channel! Never miss important updates!