Students call for VC's sack

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June 1, 2016 9:12 AM

Babatunde Badmus informed the public that he and Tokunbo Salako have been arrested and detained at Sango Police station, Ibadan, on the directive of the University of Ibadan’s Vice Chancellor.

University of Ibadan

Students of the University of Ibadan have taken to social media to call for the dismissal and removal of the varsity's Vice Chancellor,Professor Abel Olayinka.

The students Twitter hashtag, #Olayinkamustgo has been trending on the platform since the early hours of Monday, 30th of May, 2016. This protest was carried out as a response to the arrest of two past union leaders, Tokunbo Salako, and Babatunde Badmus, presumably on the orders of the VC.

Babatunde Badmus (BB) took to the official Facebook page of University of Ibadan students’ Union on Monday, May 30, to inform the public that he and Tokunbo Salako have been arrested and detained at Sango Police station, Ibadan, on the directive of the University of Ibadan’s Vice Chancellor.

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Speaking to SaharaReporters, Tokunbo Salako narrated how he was accosted by the school's security services when he was Students Union Building.

Without being informed of their offence, Salako and Badmus were eventually arrested and taken to Sango police station.

The University of Ibadan has been shut down since April 26th, 2016 after a two-day protest against what the students perceived as unjust rustication of Tunji Epketi Micheal aka MOTE, a 500 level student of Petroleum Engineering.

In a special release by the Students Union government, a meeting had been scheduled to hold by 10 am on Monday, May 30th at the SUB where Tokunbo Salako was arrested.

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According to Saharareportes, Tokunbo Salako and Babatunde Badmus are postgraduate students at the Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan.

The post-graduate students are, however, not affected by the school's closure hence, the two union leaders did nothing wrong being in the University premises.

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