ASUU protests the current victimization of lecturers.

Today, Tuesday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities will stage a demonstration in opposition to the termination of five instructors at Lagos State University, Ojo.

According to an ASUU Owerri Zone statement, the academics’ dismissal was unlawful.

At 10 am, the rally got underway.

In the letter, the union also mentioned a number of other universities where its members are allegedly being victimized, including Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Imo State; Edo State; Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU); Ebonyi State University (EBSU); and Ambrose Ali University Ekpoma (AAUE).

“Fellow Nigerian and compatriots, we are disheartened by the deliberate reluctance of the respective university administration governing councils and visitors of the stated universities to halt the spiralling victimisation of academic staff for all standing for truth,” a portion of the statement says.

“Our members have been victimized in a variety of ways, including being fired from their positions, being suspended from work and required meetings, being denied promotions, having their wages purposefully taken, not receiving promotion arrears, and being irresponsible when it comes to seeking, discovering, teaching, and defending the truth.

“After seven years of waiting, ASUU is especially troubled by the apparent miscarriage of justice in the verdict rendered against our members at Kogi State University, Anyigba!”

ASUU members Isaac Oyewumi, the union’s chairman; Adebowale Adeyemi-Suenu, vice chairman; Dr. Tony Dansu, secretary; Adeolu Oluwaseyi Oyekan, assistant secretary; and Oluwakemi Aboderin-Shonibare, treasurer, were all fired by the university administration in 2019.

The lecturers were fired, according to the institution, for allegedly removing, keeping, distributing, or publishing official secret documents without authorization.