worried by the menace of insecurity confronting Nigeria, the Vice-Chancellor of the University
of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq O. Oloyede, has called on the security agencies to allow academic
research into the activities of the Boko Haram group in order to allow for a better
understanding of the sect and prevent further loss of lives and property as a result of its activities.
Prof. Oloyede, who stated this last Thursday (June 28, 2012) while receiving the Commander, Nigerian
Army Education Corps, Major Gen. L. M. K. Banjiram who paid him a courtesy visit, submitted that the
arrested members of the sect should be interviewed by the intellectual arm of the security agencies who
he said could study the sect and come up with objective understanding of its activities.
The Vice-Chancellor, who also is the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council
(NIREC), said he feels unfulfilled as a Professor of Islamic Studies with the prevalent lack of
understanding of the dreaded group.

“We will only be gullible to think members of the sect are not
educated,” Prof. Oloyede said, pointing out that “their very
activities confirm that they are more educated than the public
is made to believe,” he added.
The Vice-Chancellor noted that “using first hand information about the sect to conduct a proper research into their activities would help to get to the root of the problem. Education is very important in our quest for peace as a nation.” Prof. Oloyede said that the Nigerian Army Education Corps occupies a strategic position in the Nigerian Army because “no institution in the country gives serious attention and resources to education like the Nigerian Armed Forces.” He then commended the Army for ensuring that promotion in the military is based on intensive training and education, adding that this was responsible for his “tremendous love for the Nigerian Army.”
The Vice-Chancellor thanked Major Gen. Banjiram for sparing time to visit the University, noting that the Nigerian
Army has been very supportive to the University and was part Of the success story of the last West Africa University Games (WAUG) recently hosted by the University. “We learn a lot when we come to lecture your corps and your
input into our manual for Center for Peace and Strategic Studies (CPSS) was tremendous,” Prof. Oloyede stated.
He commended the Nigerian Army School of Education (NASE) for the quality of its officers and leadership, stressing
that the school has taken education to greater heights and has added value to peoples’ lives. Speaking earlier, Major Gen. Banjiram, who disclosed that he was in Ilorin for the graduation ceremony of the Nigerian Army School of Education (NASE), said that he made it a point of duty to visit the University because of the tremendous support it has been giving to NASE. He thanked the Vice-Chancellor for the academic support the Army School has received from the University especially in language development. He specifically commended Prof. Oloyede for being part of the success story of NASE as one of its foundation lecturers. The Army Chief also lauded the Vice-Chancellor for the
smooth academic calendar of the University and for ensuring a cult-free campus. In the company of the Commandant were Brig. Gen. S. A. Adebayo, Commandant NASE; Col. N. F. Umaru, Deputy Commandant; Col. C. A. Bossman, Chief Instructor; Lt. Col. M. Kadai, Staff Officer; and Capt. B. Oladejo, Staff Officer.

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