By OLAWALE AKINREMI

The Federal High Court in Ibadan has adjourned until Oct. 14, adoption of written addresses in a suit filed by Kayode Bello, a Postgraduate student of the University of Ibadan, challenging the institution for allegedly denying him access to students’ portal.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bello, a postgraduate student, had sometime in March 2024 filed the suit alleging that the UI authorities were victimising him by refusing him access to the students’ portal to register to pursue a Master of Communication and Language Art (CLA) degree.

After admitting all the documents tendered by the plaintiff and the respondent, Justice Nkeonye Maha adjourned the matter for both Bello, representing himself as counsel and Mr Ladapo Ladosu, the counsel for the University of Ibadan, to file their written addresses.

NAN recalls that Ladosu, who had appeared in court on July 25, to represent the university, had prayed the court not to deliver its judgment, arguing that neither he nor his client had been served with any court hearing on the matter.

Earlier, the plaintiff had told the court that the authorities of University of Ibadan had refused to allow him access the students’ portal where he could carry out his registration and every other thing concerning his studentship despite making every necessary payment.

“My Lord, I was given admission for Master of Communication and Language Arts since 2021, but the authorities of University of Ibadan have bluntly refused to allow me gain access to the students’ portal to carry out the necessary registration.

“This is 2025, time waits for nobody, they want to destroy my career.

“This is the continuation of the victimisation I suffered at the Nigeria Law School when I protested insufficient seats for law students.

“Also, during my undergraduate days in University of Ibadan in 2008, I took part in a protest when there was an increment in school fees.

“I was suspended and ever since then, they have been on my neck,” Bello stated.

According to him, he gained admission for postgraduate degree in Maters of Communication and Language Arts at the University of Ibadan with his Higher National Diploma (HND). (NAN)