The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has set up a panel to probe what led to one of its students seen in a viral video twerking in a revealing bodysuit.
Mirabel Obi, a first-year medical laboratory student, was filmed as she twerked during a dance competition at the Akpabio Hostel on October 28.
In the video, the school’s Dean of Affairs was also seen threatening to ensure that she is expelled for bringing shame to humanity and womanhood.
But, in a statement released by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Okwun Omeaku, the institution denied suspending the student, saying it does not “condone acts of indecency and other morally reprehensible behaviour from our students.
”Our degrees and certificates are awarded only to those who have been found worthy in character and in learning.
“Against the backdrop of mixed reactions on the video, it is important to clarify that the university has neither suspended the student nor pronounced any punishment on account of the incident.”
The management said it has set up a panel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident, adding that further action would be guided by the report of the panel,” he said.
The school authorities urged the general public to disregard reports that the student has been suspended, adding that the public should also ignore any comment suggesting a pre-determined punishment for the student.
However, the student, taking to her Instagram page on Sunday, cleared the air on her alleged expulsion, stating that she wasn’t expelled and that the school authorities ransacked her room.
According to her, “It is no news that a female UNN student was expelled from UNN after supposedly stripping to win 10k in a dance competition. Well, I am that student.
”Normally, I would let this slide because I am not clout chasing and I owe no one an explanation, but I’m tired of seeing different fake news on the story and at this moment. I feel it is pertinent to address this issue publicly.”
The student then stated the prize was N30,000 not N10,000 as earlier alleged, adding that the competition was for a concert awareness in her school.
“I have watched a lot of girls compete in the past and what they wore was nothing better than mine. It was equivalent to what I wore and sometimes worse because after all, we feel we are dancing in front of our fellow females, but then I feel the amount I made was the reason for the video going viral.
“The Dean of Student Affairs got hold of the video and I really do not know what they told him about me that made him rage in so much anger and also to make the decision to expel me. I am not and was never expelled because we all know that you cannot expel a student on the ground of twerking.
“We were all dancing in front of the girls’ hostel, and there was never a place that twerking is violating the school rules and regulations. Twerking has nothing to do with my academics because you can’t even make it to be a medical student in UNN without crossing 300 and above in your JAMB. I am still very serious and I know how to balance my social/academic life,” she noted.
Speaking on alleged harassment, she said, “I was only harassed without being heard from (the authorities in question badged into my hostel and ransacked my properties).
“Ever since then, I have faced so much humiliation, I don’t even know how to come out anymore. I keep wondering if it was really worth it. A lot of my properties have been damaged and some are nowhere to be found. Like how do you invade someone’s privacy?” Obi lamented.
