They accused him of collecting N500 each from some students in the name of organising tutorials for them without issuing receipts.
Academic and other activities were paralysed as staff were barred from gaining entrance into the university by the protesting students who demanded the immediate removal of a top management staff and reinstatement as well as extension of the tenure of the out-gone Dean, Students’ Affairs, Dr Olugbenga Adeyemi.
The staff could not be reached to react to the students’ allegation as he was not on the campus as at the time of filing this report, while his mobile phone was switched off.
The students demanded the immediate commencement of the process for the conduct of the election of the Institution’s Students’ Union Government (SUG) and the removal of external security personnel now that the school had fully resumed after the strike occasioned by the Non Academic Staff Union.
The Speaker, Students’ Representative Council, Victor Akinnibosun, who spoke on behalf of the students, said: “No inauguration of elected members of students’ union government, no 2016/ 2017 second semester examinations”.
The students later removed the barricade and opened the main gate after which an urgent meeting was held with the student representatives by the management of the institution.
Akinnibosun insisted that the tenure of Adeyemi as Dean Students’ Affairs must be extended till the end of 2017.
Other resolutions reached with the management included the refund of the alleged N500 collected from the affected students for tutorials with effect from Tuesday, July 25 and the conduct of SUG election in
the next three weeks.
Dr Adeyemi who later addressed the protesters, asked them to go back to their various hostels to allow normal activities commence, said he has no issues with the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof., Kayode
Soremekun.
“Let me tell you,(students) that in the last one and half years that I have occupied the position of the Dean Students’ Affairs, I have been carrying out my legitimate duties as directed by the VC.
“The VC has right to appoint anybody, any time into any position. I want to tell you that the VC gave approval for me to visit six universities in the country to study them for free, fair and credible election as part of processes for the SUG election in FUOYE.
“Parts of the resolutions reached this morning with the management on your behalf is that SUG election will hold in the next three weeks,” Dr Adeyemi said.
The University’s Public Relations Officer, (PRO), Mr Godfrey Bakji said the management is ready to meet the demands of the protesters.
