EKPOMA, NIGERIA– Delivering on its risk to sanction graduating trainees involved in unauthorised sign-out celebrations, the management of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, has actually cancelled the MCB 414 final examination composed by students of the Department of Microbiology, Professors of Life Sciences.
The disciplinary action was revealed in a main news release signed by the University Registrar, Mrs Oluwayomi O. Agbebaku, following acts of unrestrained festivity by the impacted final-year trainees after sitting their last paper on Friday, September 18, 2026.
Enforced Ban and Scope of Prohibited Activities
The cancellation follows a specific institutional directive released by the Registrar on September 16, 2026, titled “Restriction of wild jubilation as 2nd semester evaluations for 2025/2026 scholastic session ends.” The policy re-emphasised the university Senate’s long-standing restriction versus wild events within and outside school premises.
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In the regulation released to all Deans, Heads of Department (HoDs), and the general student body, the university described activities categorised as forbidden wild festivity, which included:
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Car Displays: Vehicle, motorbike, or bicycle parades and motorcades, especially within the Administrative Building area.
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Public Annoyance & Conduct: Pouring water, sand, or beverages; public alcohol usage; excessive shouting, hooting, and dancing.
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Unhealthy Practices: Any disruptive events or actions deemed capable of intensifying into prohibited behaviour or criminal activity.
“Anyone captured starting the above unneeded and unwholesome practice within and outside the university premises would be sanctioned according to the allowing laws of the university, and that might consist of the cancellation of such evaluation(s),” the Registrar alerted in the pre-examination notification.
Cancellation of MCB 414 and Management Deterrent Warning
In spite of specific administrative cautions provided to the Department of Microbiology students instantly before sitting their paper– MCB 414: Anti-Microbial Representatives and Chemotherapy- the trainees engaged in widespread sign-out festivities immediately upon finishing the examination.
Reacting to the direct breach of Senate policy, university management formally voided the evaluation results for the whole class.
“Accordingly, the University Management has actually chosen that the examination be cancelled,” the Registrar confirmed in the subsequent release.
University authorities reiterated that the cancellation is created to serve as a strict deterrent to the broader school neighborhood, cautioning that stiffer administrative penalties, including potential scholastic deferments, will be applied to any other department that flouts the sign-out ban during the ongoing evaluation cycle.
Trainees were encouraged to delay all graduation festivities till the university’s official convocation ceremony.