UNILORIN expels ‘Plato’ over misconduct

The management of the University of Ilorin has expelled Mr Mathew Adeboye Balogun (a.k.a Plato) with Matriculation Number: 14/25OD062.

Mr Balogun was expelled having been found guilty of allegation of sexual molestation committed against vulnerable students and admission seekers into the University.

This was contained in a letter of notification of expulsion from the University’s Student Affairs Unit with Reference number:UIL/SAU/SAO/2024/01, titled, “Re: Allegation of Misconduct against Balogun, Mathew Adeboye”, dated Wednesday (January 3, 2024) and signed by the Deputy Registrar, Student Affairs, Mr Moses Opaleke, copy of which was made available to UNILORIN BULLETIN penultimate  Monday (January 8, 2024).

The letter stated, “Kindly recall that the social media was set agog with the report of sexual molestation by Balogun, Matthew Adeboye Matriculation number 14/25OD062 (aka Plato)”

 Subsequently, he was invited to appear before the Student Disciplinary Committee on  October 16, 2023, which he did not honour.

The letter  further stated, “At the second sitting of 19th October, 2023 of the Student Disciplinary Committee when he showed up, he admitted to the second charge against him for misconducting himself in such a way that he took unlawful and undue advantages of vulnerable students and admission seekers by sexually molesting them under the pretense that he could influence their results and or offer them admissions into the University, contrary to Clause 3(a) viii, 3(b)  and 4(k) of Students’ Information and Regulations Handbook”.

“On 25th October, 2023 he was served his letter of expulsion and consequently expelled from the University”, the letter stated.