A final year student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State has been placed on an indefinite suspension.

The management of the Institution has suspended Afolabi Emmanuel of the Department of Food Science and Technology.

Emmanuel was sanctioned by the varsity for his alleged involvement in the hacking of the website of an online news medium- the Premium Times.

In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Deputy Director of, Corporate Communications of the institution, Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo, the student was alleged to have committed an act that constituted misconduct and misuse of the university information technology infrastructure.

According to the statement, the university received a complaint from Premium Times about a Denial of Service, attack on its website

“between 28th and 29th February 2020 through a concerted vulnerability scanning by a person using IT infrastructure of the university.” Adebanjo said.

“Following the complaint the university management initiated an investigation and it was discovered that Emmanuel carried out the alleged act of misconduct using the log in credentials of two members of staff, without authorization, to perpetrate the act.”

The university spokesman noted that the notification of indefinite suspension letter addressed to Emmanuel read in parts, “In the extant
Student’s Handbook of Information, your action is a misconduct to abuse the use of university IT Infrastructure.

“While still putting in place an arrangement to give you an opportunity to explain yourself, you are hereby placed on an indefinite suspension retroactively from 18th March 2020.”

Adebanjo explained that the suspension letter implied that Emmanuel should not be found anywhere in or near the precincts of the
institution throughout the period of his indefinite suspension.

“The University deplores such behavior and reiterates that it will continue to visit such aberrant act with the full weight of the rules and regulations governing students behaviour and conduct off and on the campus.

“For the avoidance of doubt only students who are worthy in learning and character can lay claim to and be addressed as FUTA students.” Adebanjo stated