[2008]DLSC2465 • November 12, 2008 •
THE REPUBLIC vs. THE VICE CHANCELLOR KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY EX-PARTE: NNAMBI NNAKWADORO ENEKWA & 4ORS
The appellants, students of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), were dismissed by the Registrar on instructions of the Vice-Chancellor on 25th and 26th August 2006, allegedly due to risks posed to the university community following a shooting incident and alleged involvement in occultism and violent factions. The appellants denied the allegations, claimed no proper inquiry was conducted, and sought reinstatement. Their dismissal letters were not responded to, prompting judicial review proceedings.
read moreANIN YEBOAH, J.S.C: This is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal dated the 28th February, 2008. The appellants were at the time material to this action, students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology at Kumasi pursuing various degree courses. On the 25th August, 2006, the Registrar of the University (the respondent herein) acting on the instructions of the Vice – Chancellor wrote to each of the appellants dismissing all of them from the University. The affidavit which supported the application at the High Court was sworn to by one Jamal Anabio, a law clerk of the solicitor who initiated the proceedings for Judicial Review. The basis for the application was that the applicants had on 26th August, 2006 proceeded on vacation. On 26th August 2006, the Registrar of the University wrote a letter to each to the appellants herein, dismissing them from the University. The letter claimed that the appellants were dismissed because their continued stay or .....