Graduates of Redeemer’s University (RUN) in Osun State are alleging that they are unable to attend law school, despite the university claiming accreditation.
A few irate graduates claimed they could not risk waiting another year without moving forward after having waited in vain for two years.
Even though students were hurried through their final exams for pre-law school training, a former student at the institution told FIJ that they hadn’t been accepted into the Nigerian Law School (NLS) after two years.
The student claimed that although the Faculty lecturers had boasted of full accreditation status from the Council of Legal Education and the National University Commission before graduation, no one had been called up.
This report claims that in 2023, worried students wrote to Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, which gave birth to the university, and the administration of the institution, but they received no answer.
We also wrote to Pastor Leke Adeboye, who replied that at the time the school administration had contacted them, he was unable to take any action. A few of the graduates’ parents wrote to the institution, but they received no thoughtful reply other than to “keep hoping”, The student stated, “The school has disregarded our request for formal communication and hasn’t once spoken to us about this matter.
He stated they were promised comment on their complaint by the Redeemer’s University Alumni Association official, but they never received it.
It got to the point where the RUN alumni association representative deceived us in our private alumni WhatsApp group chat by saying the university was “up and doing” about this problem. The student said, “The seniority concept in law has made our buddies our seniors.
“We demand an official apology to the parents and students for their outright disregard of our call for official communication, compensation for the intentional waste of our precious two years, and our outright admission into the NLS,” the statement reads.
Another student, who wishes to remain anonymous, informed FIJ that the organization that gave her the moral authority to act morally had refused to acknowledge or even address its misconduct.
As a student of the University’s pioneer legal program, she and other students questioned the Faculty, as well as the then Dean, about the faculty’s accreditation and their plans to attend the Nigerian Legal School. Their responses, however, were unsatisfactory since they lacked supporting documentation.
Following the pioneer set’s graduation in 2022, there was no official notification from the administration or law faculty—only a lot of pleading and false hope based on scant proof.
Her university’s name appeared on the list of recognized law colleges with a quota of 50 students in March 2023, she claimed, but the excitement that accompanied the news was fleeting since it never happened.
The dean of the law faculty spoke with parents and students via Zoom in July 2023. The only information I took away from the discussion was that the Dean was leaving once his term ended and that we would not be attending law school for the upcoming session in 2023/2024, she informed FIJ.
“The school or staff did not send out a formal note with updates or progress reports, even after this meeting. We were left to seek relatives who were informed about accreditation evaluations and issues about Nigerian law schools and how to resolve the dilemma we had found ourselves in.
“As of February 2024, the Nigerian Law School has reopened without any announcement, memo, or communication from our institution. I believe that the law school and teachers have moved on with their lives, leaving us to live in a complete wasteland of ambiguity and bewilderment.
According to a similar-sounding testimony from another female student, the university misled students into believing that its Department of Law was accredited despite not meeting the necessary standards and continuously failing to act morally.
“No one got in touch with us after convocation in October 2022. The student remarked, “We were just left hanging.”
When the authorities failed to provide any information, the majority of us decided to serve our year.
No apology or information on our current situation has been provided. Since 2022, no one has believed it prudent to formally communicate with us—as a faith-based institution as a whole,” she stated.
According to a student who spoke on the condition of anonymity, Femi Bellos threatens Students anytime he gets in touch with them.
Prof. Ahmed Yerima, the institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, requested that this reporter give him a call back when FIJ called him. This reporter didn’t answer his calls when he did. As of press time, he had not responded to a text message.
Sources: Allschoolabs,Nairaland
