Law Faculty Condemns Alleged Document Theft By ASUU-LASU Leaders
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Dr Tony Dansu, to Secretary, ASUU-LASU, and Dr Adeolu Oyekan, the Assistant Secretary, were alleged of unauthorised removal, dissemination and publication of official document.

The Faculty of Law, Lagos State University, on Friday condemned an alleged theft and circulation of a confidential document in its custody by executive members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Dr Tony Dansu, to Secretary, ASUU-LASU, and Dr Adeolu Oyekan, the Assistant Secretary, were alleged of unauthorised removal, dissemination and publication of official document.
They were also accused making false assertions capable of putting the university and its official to disrepute and facing an ongoing panel whose recommendation will be submitted to council for ratification next month.
The document was for the promotion of the university’s current Vice-Chancellor, Dr Olanrewaju Fagbun to a Professor in a bid to contend that his professorship was backdated by the former Registrar, Mr Akinwunmi Lewis, from 2014 to 2007/2008.
The document which had been declared missing by the faculty was traced to ASUU because it bears its stamp.
Prof. F.A.R. Adeleke, the university’s Dean, Law Faculty, when contacted refused to make any verbal comment because he and five of his staff were also facing the panel on the missing document and it would be prejudice to the panel to speak.
Adeleke, however, referred NAN to a seven page position letter he wrote to ASUU immediately the missing document was in circulation and the issue escalated before the panel began sitting, to dissociate himself and faculty from the missing document.
Adeleke’s letter obtained by NAN condemned the act by ASUU -LASU and noted that removing documents from his office without legitimate access to same was not only unethical but was an act of irresponsibility and criminal.
The letter said that the union’s act had created an unconducive and suspicious atmosphere for the Dean by making colleagues in the faculty to view his tenure with suspicion and eroded confidence.
It said this was suggestive of Adeleke’s administrative incompetence to safeguard interests of his colleagues and protect their privacy, possibly either due to negligence or deliberate leaking of information in their personal file.
It said: “I should be credited with a sufficient quantum of intelligence as to how such a document evidencing a justified backdated promotion have been released to ASUU by me to prove a futile point.
“When I personally was a beneficiary of a backdated promotion in the same faculty, additionally, two or three members of the same faculty got their promotions backdated to the time we filled the APER form.
“It is on record that Akinwunmi Lewis was not the Registrar during the time of all these backdated promotion and, in fact, my own promotion was not only similarly backdated but accompanied with monetary arrears.
“Justice is not treating persons equally but treating persons of similar situations similarly and this is what the university did in the case of those of us in the Law Faculty that were unjustly denied promotion for years.’’
The dean’s letter also quoted the criminal law of 2015, Section 60, which provides that “any person who, being employed in the public service, without proper authority removes, or makes a copy of any document in the property of his employer is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for one year’’.
Reacting, Dansu said the union’s secretary and his assistant had a mandate to act as directed by the union and write letters on behalf of its congress and ASUU.
Dansu said: “Since the time of the Oyewunmi-led executive which started in 2016, we have written over 340 letters and 90 per cent of such letters we write have attachments of documents and nobody has ever asked us where have we got the document from?
“It is strange to be asking the union where they got document they are using, instead of asking if the information in the document was correct.”
The secretary said that the union officials were subjected to a panel because the document in question affected the number one person in the university.
He referred to the tenure of the past Vice-Chancellor. Prof. John Obafunwa, which was synonymous with a “No Vacancy, No Promotion’’ policy, the union got documents from faculties to fight for its members and was not questioned.
He said: “We did not get the document from the Faculty of Law.
“This document is a public document, a promotion letter that anyone could have access to during the process of issuance by the Appointment and Promotion Committee and its travel to the faculty of the beneficiary.”
Dansu said the assertions made by him and the deputy secretary after the dismissal of its erstwhile chairman and the deputy, which had now become an issue of contention, was sequel to a position by the union’s congress that the two union leaders were wrongfully dismissed.
NAN had reported that the union’s erstwhile chairman, Dr Isaac Oyewunmi, was dismissed by the university’s Governing Council in September 2017, for demanding for a bribe of N50,000 from a final year student.
While the deputy, Adebowale Adeyemi-Suenu, was sacked for unilaterally altering the results of 12 students already advised to withdraw by Senate to upgrade the students result.
Following their dismissal, Dansu and Oyekan, who stepped in as leaders of the union had told newsmen that the processes leading to the dismissal of the chairman and the deputy was faulty.
They claimed the dismissal of their leaders was an attempt by the management to undermine the union and silence dissenting views on the campus.
According to the source, the two union leaders while facing an ongoing panel were charged for making false assertions without justifiable facts that contravenes reasons for the sack of their chairman and the deputy.
NAN also reports that another ASUU official, Dr Oluwakemi Aboderin-Sonibare, the Treasurer of the union, was also facing the panel for retrieving and attaching an assessor’s report to a memorandum she submitted to the vice-chancellor.
The memorandum sent to the vice-chancellor by Aboderin-Sonibare to appeal for consideration of the decision of the Appointment and Promotion Committee and the Disciplinary Committee on her 2014/2015 promotion, also included a report of the Appointment and Promotion Committee.
Dansu, however, explained that Aboderin-Sonibare was one of the university’s official who was denied promotion under Prof. Obafunwa’s leadership and had been promoted by the current leadership of the university in 2017 with a backdate to 2014/2015.
He said her letter to the current vice-chancellor was to demand that her promotion be backdated to 2013 so that she won’t lose her seniority and a copy of the assessment report by her assessor attached by her was obtained from the union’s secretariat.
He said: “The document she attached was part of the compendium of those we fought for their promotion during the past administration.”
Meanwhile a copy of the university’s condition of service of 2017, also obtained by NAN prescribes in chapter three that misconducts such as false claims against the university and its officials were punishable.
Also, extraction of minutes of meetings without the permission of the Head of Department if investigated and proven could lead to termination or compulsory retirement.
Akinwunmi Lewis, the immediate past Registrar of the university told NAN that the “rules of engagement in the university states that official documents are sacrosanct and are not to fly around or about’’.
Lewis said such documents were not to be found in possession of those who are not schedule officers to hold the records.
He said those who were custodians of the records were also bound by law to use the document for official purposes only and return it for safe keeping.
He said: “It is a global practice that under no circumstance must an employee who is not responsible for documents to take such with a view of taking advantage of the system or for peculiar benefit.
“If such happens such employee would be put through a panel and if found culpable, will be sanctioned.”
Lewis noted that there was no immunity covering union officials in regards to the default of the rules of engagement, as a union member was first an employee before becoming a unionist.
He said: “The rules of engagement binds on all and if there is an infraction emanating from any group or union, council cannot punish all the members for that but it will rather mete out its punishment on the officer found culpable.’’



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if something is bad,lets all say its bad..nigerians go dey condemn n na still dem go cover am up

Don't be deceived by ASUU. Those who 'protested' yesterday are not LASU Staff at all. They are mercenaries. This is a student of OAU below, Omole Ibukun who is not a LASU student.

Paid protesters. The only LASU staff there are the General Secretary and the AGS of ASUU-LASU. The remaining protesters are paid mercenaries.

Tomibyte:
if something is bad,lets all say its bad..nigerians go dey condemn n na still dem go cover am up

Bro. The only offense of this LASU VC is because two Lecturers were sacked for fraud. Now, three Lecturers are about to be sacked for sexually harassing female students (https://theeagleonline.com.ng/three-lasu-lecturers-sack-imminent-over-alleged-sexual-harrasment/) and they are now all out lying against the VC. The students won't take it. We will resist it.

Imagine, those who went to Alausa yesterday are not LASU staff or students. If they try to do one stupid protest on campus, staff and students will beat them out of school. Corrupt set of people.

Cc Lalasticlala Ishilove Fynestboi Olawalebabz Richiez



https://theeagleonline.com.ng/three-lasu-lecturers-sack-imminent-over-alleged-sexual-harrasment/

*THE TRUTH BEHIND ASUU - LASU Exco AND LASU MANAGEMENT FACE OFF.*

*"When light unexpectedly shines on murkiness, those exposed by the stinging rays often berate the light rather than regret the murk".*


For years, I've watched LASU rise from one crisis to the other. I remember when I gained admission to study in LASU and many of my friends back home told me "I was not going to a real university". I cried and almost regretted coming to LASU.

As it stands today, I have a Bachelors degree from LASU and I'm about completing my second Masters degree programme at this same Lagos State University. On this note, I dare say that I've experienced LASU rise and struggle over the past 9years.

In the past three years, my pride of being a LASUITE began to reach new heights. Sadly, the evil geniuses are at work and they are on a mission to take over the LASU we now prefer and love. What really is wrong between ASUU - LASU Exco and LASU Management(led by Professor Lanre Fagbohun) is perhaps the most important question in LASU now. What really is wrong?

Firstly, Professor Fagbohun has done absolutely nothing wrong as some in ASUU are forcing the public to believe. Professor Fagbohun became an enemy of ASUU - LASU Exco after he insisted that some Lecturers must face a disciplinary panel over their misconducts that range from extortion of money from students, illegal alteration of results, harassments and so on. Two of these guilty Lecturers - Dr. Oyewunmi of the faculty of education(in the past) and Dr. Adebowale Suenu; a former acting head of department of History and International Studies were executive members of ASUU.

Dr. Oyewunmi held back the destiny of a student for over five years. The student's only offence was his failure to bribe Dr Oyewunmi with #50,000 for the processing of his results.  For Dr. Suenu, whom prior to his dismissal was the acting Head of Department of History and International Studies. Dr Suenu was dismissed for unilaterally altering the results of over 12 students who normally have no business in the university.  A colleague of  mine who is a recent graduate of that particular department substantiated the allegations against Dr Suenu. He(Suenu) is said to have been illegally upgrading the results of withdrawn and extra year students even a year before he was finally caught in the act. There are cases whereby students who had been withdrawn due to as many as 18 outstanding courses; suddenly became students overnight after they paid Dr. Suenu to upgrade some of their results for them through his LASU LIDC portal.

What ASUU - LASU Exco is also not telling the world is that : Dr Suenu was not the only one that was dismissed for this particular offense(illegal alteration/upgrade of results). Dr Ademeso who was once the H.O.D of Theatre Arts and Music was dismissed for a similar offense. In fact, other Lecturers at the Faculty of Education(Dr Olugbenro Odofin) and Faculty of Management Sciences(Dr Scholarstica Udegbe) were also dismissed for the same offense. Interestingly, it was the Immediate Past Chairman of ASUU - LASU ( Dr Adekunle Idris)while acting as a whistleblower who reported the case of alterations in his Faculty(FMS) to the university vice chancellor through a text message. The university vice chancellor ordered a forensic audit on the online portal being used by all Heads of Departments for uploading/upgrading of results   - in the course of which different culpable names came up including Dr. Suenu.   Hence, the fact that ASUU - LASU Exco are busy crying on the pages of newspapers and through their surrogates that  their Vice Chairman was dismissed for being a Unionist is a billion miles away from the truth. A mere investigative visit to the Department of History and International Studies in LASU will bring on board facts from staff and students of the department who will tell you how notorious Dr. Suenu was in the act of alteration for cash. 


*ASUU-LASU EXCO'S DEVILISH ANTICS.*

Over the past one year, a few individuals in ASUU - LASU Exco have been working tooth and nail to bring down the LASU Vice Chancellor - Professor Fagbohun due to the rightful dismissal of their colleague and the strong stance of the VC on the rule of law. Interestingly, Professor Fagbohun could not have singlehandedly sacked a lecturer in the first place. The VC does not have the power to do so. It is the University's Governing Council made up of diverse individuals including members of ASUU - LASU that can dismiss a Lecturer. Nevertheless, ASUU - LASU Exco sees Professor Fagbohun as a soft target. They believe they can easily intimidate Prof. Fagbohun since they cannot face the leadership of the Governing Council. To intimidate Prof. Fagbohun, ASUU - LASU Exco has been inundating the media with lies and falsehood that are aimed to mislead unsuspecting individuals. Elements in ASUU - LASU have also hired the services of certain surrogate groups like the Education Rights Campaign(ERC), and Joint Action Front(JAF) to promote the ulterior motives of the few remnant ASUU - LASU Exco.


In reality, a vast majority of LASU Staff and the LASU Community at large are against the few ASUU - LASU Exco that are so desirous of a crisis in LASU. The individuals behind ASUU - LASU Exco are so small in numbers that they can be counted with the fingers. This explains why they've been making overtures to groups outside of LASU to front for them. Why? The average LASU Lecturer knows the sacked academic staff are guilty of the allegations and thus will not support the few misled colleagues in ASUU. In fact, other staff unions in LASU are not in support of the evil antics of ASUU in LASU as well. ASUU - LASU Exco is in a lonely war that it created.


Very recently, all in a bid to attack the personality of LASU VC, the remnant ASUU - LASU Exco stole documents from a Dean's office without the consent of the occupant. This is the reason why Dr. Tony Dansu and Dr. Oyekan have been invited to a disciplinary panel to explain how they got the document from an office the occupant declared that the said documents were indeed stolen from him by the ASUU - LASU Exco.

ASUU - LASU Exco will never tell the world the truth. To them, they are always right even when they've committed atrocities. I even gathered they are presently planning to defend a Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences who was caught sexually harassing a female LASU student. Why are some of these Lecturers bent on destroying the lives of innocent students?

For LASU not to return to old dark days where nothing worked, LASU students at all levels, staff, Alumni members and the general public must come together to defend the Lagos State University. If we don't rise up now and defend our pride, then we will have no pride to defend later.

Today we see new structures coming up almost everywhere in LASU and new programmes being brought to the table. If we allow these few mischievous elements to have their way, we will be left with a university where dust attends classes instead of students and where staff won't be able to progress in their career as a result of senseless closures.

LASU WILL REMAIN PEACEFUL AND GREAT!

*Ibrahim Alao, a proud LASUITE and a Lagosian, writes from Lagos, Nigeria.*

Cc


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