The crisis
rocking Lagos State University (LASU) deepened yesterday as the management
ordered the chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Isaac
Oyewunmi and his deputy, Adebowale Suenu, to vacate the cam
pus with immediate
effect.
The
university had dismissed the duo over alleged plot to cause breakdown of law
and order and for gross misconduct.The institution’s Governing Council had last
Thursday dismissed 15 academic and two non-academic staff for alleged extortion
and falsification of students’ results.
Although
Oyewunmi described his dismissal as political victimisation and vowed to clear
his name, some ASUU members at its congress have asked the affected officials
to step aside, which resulted in a free for all.
But the
institution’s management in a statement by the Acting Head of Information,
Adekoya Ademola, directed the dismissed officials to stay away from the university
environment in the interest of peace.
“The
university authority has received reports that some members of staff who were
dismissed by the Governing Council for one misconduct or the other, have been
coming into the university premises with the intent of causing violence and
breakdown of law and order.
“The
university authority hereby reiterates that all individuals who have been
dismissed should stay away from the premises henceforth,” the statement reads.
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