Authorities of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, have expelled 29 students for alleged examination malpractice during the last semester examinations for the 2012/2013 academic session.

In a statement in Ilorin, the state capital, the Head, Information and Publication Division, Alhaji Moshood Amuda said: "The Governing Council of the Polytechnic recently approved their expulsion from the school for contravening the matriculation oath they swore to."

The students are: Haruna Abdullahi, Ajagbe Abosede Sherifat (Architecture Department); Onifade R. Bisola (Urban and Regional Planning Department); Balogun Adeoye Ridwan (Mineral Resources Department); Issa Abdulganeey Olamilekan (Agric Engineering Department); Lameed Olanrewaju Mustapha (Mechanical Engineering Department); Amogbonjaiye Samuel Sunday (Mineral Resources Department); Adedire Abimbola Adekunle (Civil Engineering Department) and Babatunde Oluwashegun Sunday (Department of Electrical Electronics).