More than 40 Nigerian students are suing Alabama State University for allegedly incorrectly using millions of dollars in scholarship funds provided by their country’s government and discriminating against them.
Godsgift Moses, Promise Owei, Savior Samuel, Success Jumbo, Thankgod Harold, and 36 other students filed their claim in federal court, alleging the school took advantage of them because they were ‘black foreigners’, according to the Daily Beast.
The group of exchange students say the school purposefully overcharged them by making them pay more for meals and books, while also signing them up for classes they never took.
Alabama State University, one of America’s 100 historic black colleges and universities, took on the students after the Nigerian government forked over millions of dollars upfront in 2013 to fund the exchange program.
Each student was also allocated $32,000 per semester to cover costs. Any money left over was meant to be refunded to them, but students claim they never saw the excess cash, according to the Montgomery Advertiser.
The newspaper also claims the plaintiffs believe they are owed about $865,000.
Jimmy Iwezu, a former student at ASU, says it was clear ‘they wanted our money’.
Source: Daily Mail UK. Images: Kelsey Davis/Advertiser