Nigeria, April 15 -- The Federal High Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, lifted the four-semester suspension slammed on three students by the University of Ibadan for their involvement in a protest against a hike in school fees in May 2024.

The court ruled that the university's disciplinary process leading to the students' suspension of the students last year violated their constitutional right to fair hearing.

Delivering judgement on Wednesday, the judge Nkeonye Maha, held that the decision of the university's Central Student Disciplinary Committee were fundamentally flawed and could not stand in law.

The affected student are Aduwo Ayodele, Gbadegesin Olamide Iyanuoluwa and Linus Nice Adaoma.

They had approached the court to c...