The department of Mass Communication at Benue State University was thrown into a surprised state when 2 brides showed up in their wedding gowns to sit for their final exams.
The brides simply identified as Dorcas and Deborah abandoned their husbands and bridal trains at the wedding receptions to take their final exams; a move that was applauded by their Head of Department.
They managed to get married and to complete their final paper “Com 402: Media Law and Ethics.” According to a report by the Punch newspaper, course lecturer Dr. Benjamin Ogbu described it as a double joy for the students and all involved.
“The timetable for the exam was earlier fixed before their weddings were fixed and interestingly, both were on April 7, 2018. Since the exam couldn’t be shifted, the two brides left their various reception venues for the examination hall to sit for the exams in their wedding gowns. I was with the deputy vice- chancellor (academic) when both women stormed the examination hall.
It was a moment of joy for all of us as students and lecturers. We were happy that our students got married and they were happy too that they got married and also took their last exams same day. It was a double joy for them.” Ogbu further said as a member of the varsity’s Examination Monitoring team, he was elated to see the two female students in their weddings gowns with utmost desire to graduate.
He said weddings couldn’t interrupt the university’s academic calendar nor force the shift of an examination.