Kwara Poly Suspends Lecturer Over Viral Caning Video
Kwara State Polytechnic has suspended a lecturer after a viral video showed him physically assaulting IJMB examination candidates on campus. The institution moved swiftly, relieving the lecturer of his duties pending a full investigation into the incident that sparked outrage across Nigeria.
What happened at Kwara State Polytechnic?
On Monday, a video hit social media and got everybody talking. The clip showed a lecturer caning several IJMB candidates who were forced to kneel with their hands raised, taking turns to receive strokes on their palms right inside the school premises. The visuals were disturbing, plain and simple. You don't treat young people like they're in some colonial-era classroom. That energy belongs in the past, not in a Nigerian tertiary institution in 2026.
The video spread fast, and Nigerians were not having it. People questioned why corporal punishment still has a place in universities and polytechnics, calling out the lecturer and demanding real consequences.
How did NANS respond to the incident?
NANS President Akinteye Babatunde stepped up and called it exactly what it was: unacceptable. He made it clear that students deserve basic dignity and respect.