UNIBEN VICE-CHANCELLOR, OSHODIN: “THUGS & HOODLUMS ARE AFTER MY LIFE”

Less than 2 weeks to the end of his tenure as Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, Professor Osayuki Oshodin has alleged fresh threat to his life and an attempt by some persons, who were dismissed from the university, to incite students against the management of the institution. Briefing newsmen in Benin yesterday, Oshodin said: “These groups of disgruntled persons have also hired the services of thugs and hoodlums to attack and cause mayhem on my person and the incoming Vice Chancellor, Professor Faraday Orumwense, because their choice of candidate did not emerge as the VC. The people plotting these evil against the management are people who have been dismissed from the university for offences ranging from financial fraud to forgery and students admission and examination racketeering.”

Oshodin further displayed text messages threatening him and other principal officers of the university, adding, however, that he had informed the police and other law enforcement agents about the activities of the people whose identities he did not disclose. He said: “They have opened an account where money is being paid in for them to fight the university management and to kill. One of the leaders of this group is being investigated by the Defence Military Intelligence in Abuja after his driver was arrested. Two of the drivers are currently with the Defence Intelligence people in Abuja. We all must be vigilant because these people are evil. They want to plunge the university into crisis, but we will resist them. Our children must be allowed to attend lectures peacefully without any form of distraction.”

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.