By ROGERS KALERO
MANAGEMENT at the Copperbelt University (CBU) in Kitwe has expelled the Copperbelt University Student Union (COBUSU) president Castro Mulilo for boycotting classes to mourn a death of two students in the road traffic accident in June this year.
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The two engineering students died after a speeding vehicle hit them as they left the campus for their boarding houses a situation which led to the students running amok destroying public and private property at the university.
According to the expulsion letter signed by CBU Acting Registrar Jerous Ngulube, Mr Mulilo has been expelled for boycotting classes to mourn the two students.
The expulsion follows a disciplinary hearing held on August 14, in accordance with the Dean of Students’ Disciplinary procedure where he was summoned to appear before the Dean of Students ‘ Leaders Ad hoc Disciplinary Committee to answer charges of boycotting classes among other things
Mr Mulilo said management had expelled him as a result of him cancelling classes when the two students died.
He has however described the move by management as unfair and said he would appeal the decision.
Mr Mulilo who is in his final year and pursuing Transport and Logistics said he made the decision to boycott classes because the students had vowed not to attend classes to mourn their fellow students and give them a befitting send off.
He said he had a tough time to ensure sanity at the institution prevailed and made a decision to cancel classes, which was acknowledged by management through a letter to the students that there would be no classes after granting two days of institutional mourning.
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