The announcement of the suspension is contained in a release signed on Saturday in Calabar by Gabriel Egbe, registrar of the institution.

Mr Egbe said that the unlawful act was carried out by the four students during the last matriculation ceremony of the institution on December 2, 2022.

Mr Egbe mentioned the affected students to include Stephen Usen, a student of Accounting Department, year 4, and Aniefiok Idorenyin, a student of Computer Science, year 2.

Others are Miracle Adeyemi, a student of Political Science, year 2 and Blessing Queen, a student of Genetics and Biotech, year 4.