Justice Adefunmilola Demi-Ajayi of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has ordered Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) to correct the degree classification of a graduate, Shekoni Jemima Oluwagbemisola, after finding that the institution unlawfully downgraded her result.

The court, in its verdict, held that the university breached and violated the fundamental rights of the plaintiff by changing her grade from “Pass with Credit” to “Pass” without lawful justification.

The court consequently awarded N5 million in damages against the university, alongside N800,000 as the cost of the suit.
Oluwagbemisola, a graduate of Physiotherapy who earned a Bachelor of Medical Rehabilitation (B.MR) in 2023, had approached the court in Suit No. FHC/OS/CS/107/2025, challenging what she described as the arbitrary alteration of her academic record.

Filed through her counsel, Princewill Okoroafor of P. O. Okoroafor & Co (The Daniels Chambers), the suit stated that the university initially confirmed her academic standing as “Pass with Credit” in a Statement of Result dated November 23, 2023.

The classification was also publicly affirmed during the institution’s 47th Convocation in December 2023, where she was listed in the official convocation brochure as graduating with the same grade.