FUOYE staff, students resist arrest of VC

Drama ensued successful the metropolis of Ado-Ekiti successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday arsenic immoderate unit and students of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), foiled an effort to apprehension the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Joshua Ogunwole.

The VC had raised an alarm that policemen had surrounded his residence successful Ado-Ekiti and that their intent was unclear.

The improvement drew members of the assemblage community, including world and non-academic unit and students, to the Vice-Chancellor’s residence, wherever they gathered successful solidarity and opposed the alleged arrest.

Speaking to journalists astatine his residence successful Ado-Ekiti, Ogunwole said the policemen arrived astatine his authoritative residence astir 6:10am, soon aft helium had gone to furniture astatine astir 3am, adding that his children woke him up aft noticing the information unit astir the house.

The Vice-Chancellor said helium initially declined to travel retired due to the fact that helium was unsure whether the men were genuine constabulary officers and wanted to found the crushed for their presence.

He added that the constabulary squad aboriginal told him that they had a warrant, but helium insisted that helium would not permission the location without archetypal being decently informed of the ground of the arrest.

Ogunwole linked the improvement to a petition allegedly written by immoderate individuals co...