A video which has now gone viral on social media shows the student twerking amid cheers from her fellow students.
A medical student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Mirabel Obi, has justified reasons for twerking in a bikini in front of a female hostel in the school.
A video which has now gone viral on social media shows the student twerking amid cheers from her fellow students.
Initially, she wore a pair of shorts before she totally pulled them off in a bid to win the grand prize for a dance competition.
However, after the video went viral, another video surfaced showing a man, identified as the UNN Dean of Students saying the student would be expelled and prosecuted for her actions.
He had said, ”It's not just expelling her from this University, she will be prosecuted for destroying humanity, for destroying womanhood and for bringing the name of this University to disrepute. I will make sure that she's expelled and prosecuted. I can't believe what I heard and I can't believe what I saw.”
Reports trailing the Dean of Students Affairs reactions indicated that Obi had been expelled.
Meanwhile, the affected student took to her Instagram page on Sunday to clear the air on her alleged expulsion, stating that she wasn’t expelled.
However, she said the school authorities ransacked her room.
She also stated explicitly that twerking has no effect on her studies, adding that she has learnt to perfectly achieve a balance between her studies and social life.
She wrote, “It is no news that a female UNN student was expelled from UNN after supposedly stripping to win 10k in a dance competition. Well, I am that student. Normally I would let this slide because I am not clout chasing and I owe no one an explanation, but I'm tired of seeing different fake news on the story and at this moment, I feel it is pertinent to address this issue publicly. This is the real story behind it all.
”My name is Mirabel, a medical student of UNN. On the 28th, October 2021, there was an awareness for a concert in the school. Awareness is what people do almost every time and what comes with it is usually a dance competition and that day, we were competing for 30k. I happened to be one of the contenders.
“I have watched a lot of girls compete in the past and what they wore was nothing better than mine. It was equivalent to what I wore and sometimes worse because after all, we feel we are dancing in front of our fellow females, but then I feel the amount I made was the reason for the video going viral.
“The Dean of Student Affairs got hold of the video and I really do not know what they told him about me that made him rage in so much anger and also to make the decision to expel me.
“Here are the points am trying to make. 1. I am not and was never expelled because we all know that you cannot expel a student on the ground of twerking.
“2. We were all dancing in front of the girls' hostel, and there was never a place that twerking is violating the school rules and regulations.
“3. Twerking has nothing to with my academics because you can't even make it to be a medical student in UNN without crossing 300 and above in your JAMB. I am still very serious and I know how to balance my social/academic life.
“4. It was never a competition for 10k. It was 30k.
"5. I wasn't expelled, I repeat I was only harassed without being heard from (the authorities in question badged into my hostel and ransacked my properties).
“6. Ever since then, I have faced so much humiliation, I don't even know how to come out anymore, I keep wondering if it was really worth it. A lot of my properties have been damaged and some are nowhere to be found like how do you invade someone's privacy.”