SATURDAY, 1 JULY 2017
at 09:21:00 Rampage In SUB As President Allegedly
Walks Out On Congress
By Olabimpe Samiah O.
"Step Aside! Step Aside!! Step Aside!!!"
These were the words that rented the air as agitated
students or congressmen were shouting at the OAU
Students' Union Congress held on Thursday, 29th June
2017.
The congress, which is still likened to many as staged
drama, was supposed to start by 4pm but was delayed
till some minutes after 6pm. The SU PRO, Mr Okediji
Simeon, stated that the congress started late due to
inaccessibility to the university sound system at Amphi
theater. The Engineer in charge of the sound system
who according to the PRO and SEC GEN promised to be
available was nowhere to be found when it was due time
for the commencement of the Congress. It was reported
that the Engineer lamented on the mismanagement of
some of the sound systems at the last Congress.
"Engineer in charge of the sound system said the
microphone and the mixer were destroyed and are to be
repaired." Boluwajaiye Adeoluwa, the Secretary General
of the Students' Union claimed.
"He complained that the microphone we used for the last
congress was damaged due to rough handling. When he
told us this , we apologized and we gave him part of the
money" attested the Public Relations Officer.
The congress started with the president moderating it,
Submissions​ were taken from individuals and the
congress seemed to be going on smoothly until the
congressmen asked the president to step aside as the
moderator of the congress and allow a neutral individual
to moderate instead. These arguments were backed by
the fact that a man cannot be a judge at his own case.
Congressmen insisted that the President should not
preside on the congress but the president turned deaf
ears to their demands and hot arguments, agitations and
Rants engulfed the theatre. The Hullabaloo was on for
30-45minutes and later on the President single handedly
declared the congress closed. According to him he said
the environment is not safe and conducive enough for a
Congress.
Following his declaration, the President Walked out of
the theatre with Congressmen shouting and ranting
behind him. He was followed to the the Union building
and minutes later, It was discovered that the president
was nowhere to be found and Certainly had made his
way out of the building through a backdoor. A
considerable number of students who most people
alleged to be member of the left movements on campus
were asking for the wherabout of the President.
Consequently, Students were seen trying to force
themselves into the Union offices. They managed to
force their ways into the Office of the Secretary General
and from there to the President's office.
Meanwhile as this was going on, some students might
have used the opportunity to attack and perpetrate evil
things. As the PRO of the Union was reportedly mobbed
while his female classmates that came to collect notes
were harrased. Consequently the PRO, SPEAKER, DSP,
CLERK offices were broken into. The PRO reported that
his phone SAMSUNG C5 was stolen from his drawer and
that he could recognise some of the students that
barged into his Office. There we're lots of damaged
doors in the Union building. The Secretary General
lamented on how the doors were just repaired and that
the money used was from his own purse.
Conclusively, some individuals are saying that the
destructive act of the mob should not be completely
condemned as a standard has been laid down for them
by the destructive incident and the irrational act of the
Sports Director on the protest in Akintola hostel.

After they've beaten the poor boy..