The Vice Chancellors of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) and Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) have been suspended by the Federal Government over alleged N956 million fraud.
FUNAAB vice chancellor, Prof. Olusola Oyewole, is currently facing a criminal charge in court.
On May 5, 2017 suspension letters was signed by the acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Hussaini Adamu, on behalf of the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu . In the letter, Oyewole was directed to hand over the affairs of the institution to the most senior staff.
Oyewole was charged by the EFCC, alongside former Pro Chancellor of the school, Adeseye Ogunewe, the Bursar, Moses Ilesanmi to court for alleged abuse of office and misappropriation of funds.
Justice O. Majekodunmi of the state High Court is in charge of the case.
In November 2016, Oyewole, Ogunlewe and Ilesanmi were charged with financial misappropriation. Members of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) in the institution had earlier shut down the school in protest, and called on the federal government to probe activities of the institution under Oyewole’s leadership.
However, they pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
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