Lagos State University has suspended a second year Computer Science undergraduate, (name withheld), for being in possession of a substance suspected to be Cannabis Sativa,Indian hemp.

Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, suspended the student in line with the powers conferred on him by Section 28 of the Law establishing the institution‎.

Fagbohun said the suspension said subsist until he appears before the Students’ Disciplinary Committee of the university to defend himself.‎
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He said the institution’s security men apprehended him‎ on May three, with the suspected substance, saying possession of such hard drugs contravened the rules and regulations governing the university.

In view of this development, the student is not expected to participate in the academic activities of the university until the suspension is lifted.