The University of Ibadan has given reasons why Mr. Korna Anongo Terhemen who dropped out of UI medical school was not re-admitted into the institution.
UI’s Director of Public Communication, Olatunji Oladejo, gave the reasons in a statement made available to our correspondent on Monday, titled, ‘Facts about Mr. Korna Anongo Terhemen who dropped out of UI medical school’.
In an exclusive interview, 43-year-old Terhemen narrated to The PUNCH how he dropped out as a 500-Level medical student at UI and ended up a porter, pushing a wheelbarrow for a living in Gboko town, Benue State because of depression.
Terhemen was admitted into the University of Ibadan in the 1996/97 session (as a medical student) and by 2000 he moved on to the University College Hospital before dropping out.
Narrating how he lost interest in academic work, thought of suicide, and almost cut off his radial artery, Terhemen explained that he tried to go back to UI but the authorities of the university did not allow him.
In a separate interview, Terhemen’s mother – a retired nurse, Mrs Winnifred Anongo, lamented that it’s devastating that her son ended up as cart pusher after dropping out of medical school.
Moved by the 43-year-old medical school dropout and his mother’s narratives, many Nigerians called on the management of UI to give Terhemen a second chance by re-admitting him.
But the varsity explained that “In line with extant regulations on studentship, Mr. Korna had ceased to be a student of the institution, having not registered for 14 years, out of which he had severally been away without any form of official permission.
“He had over-stayed the cumulative number of sessions (11) allowed for medical students in the University.”
