₦airaland Forum

ASABA – There are indications that heads may roll at the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) over alleged victimisation, extortion, and criminal breach of duty.

This is because the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has summoned the management of the institution and two lecturers, Williams Akionbare and C. Onanuju.

They are to appear for a public hearing on matters bordering on allegations by the law chamber of M.A. Ogbodogbo, on behalf of a student of FUTO, Mr Otobha Philip Brain.

Trouble started when, in a petition, Otobha, an Engineering student of FUTO, alleged that the institution and the two lecturers stalled his graduation at the university.

Freedom Osolo, Clerk of the Committee in a letter of invitation addressed to M.A. Ogbodogbo stated that those concerned are to appear before the public hearing of the petition dated Tuesday, 18, February 2020 at Room 120, New Senate Building of the National Assembly Complex, Abuja by noon.

A copy of the letter in possession of our correspondent in Asaba, Delta State was dated January 30, 2020.

It reads: “I am directed to invite you to a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions of the National Assembly in respect of a petition you wrote o behalf of Mr. Otobha Philip Brain against Engr. Williams Akionbare, Dr. Onanuju and Federal University of Technology (FUTO), Owerri for alleged victimisation, extortion and criminal breach of duty and sent to the Senate. The matter has been referred to the Committee for detailed investigation and further legislative action.”

Otobha who hails from Emede in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State attributed his inability to graduate from FUTO since 2014 on the alleged criminal actions and inaction of certain officials of the institution, particularly an Engineering Lecturer, William Akionbare.

He claimed that the said lecturer and his Course Project Adviser had threatened to stop him from graduating from the university for allegedly refusing to pay him the sum of N100,000.00.

“That sometimes in 2014, one Engr William Akionbare, a lecturer with FUTO who doubles as a Course Adviser and Project Supervisor, boasted out rightly that our Client can never graduate from the Federal University of Technology (FUTO) Owerri, Imo State if he does not meet up with his selfish and laughable demand of N100,000 (one hundred thousand Naira),” the petitioner’s lawyers observed.

The petitioner said he was seeking justice because the lecturer had made good his threat by deliberately ensuring he did not pass his course, PRT 504, as well as PRT 513 whose handler, Dr O. Onanuju, the supervisor (Akionbare) allegedly connived in his bid to frustrate him (the aggrieved student).

All previous attempts to get the FUTO authorities to redress the perceived injustice had been unsuccessful as the institution refused to grant the request to have his scripts re-marked despite paying the stipulated fee for examination script re-marking since May 8, 2018, in respect of PRT 504 and PRT 513 courses.

Source: Felix Igbekoyi
Felix Igbekoyi is a correspondent with Independent Newspapers

Hope he goes there personally and not sending a representative

Nollywood should start testing for food poison in the food they serve their crew on set. The coincidence of the cases of organ failure amongst the actors is getting too much. SMH

donigspain:
Good one but fix the damn state. Pay your workers too.

After my visit to Aba, Abia state during the yuletide, I can sadly say that we've made another terrible mistake in leadership! There is very little sign of good leadership in the state. Aba is an eyesore! Very dirty... Bad roads... severe hardship... God help us! The propaganda flagged-off roads have been abandoned after buildings have been demolished in Ibadan st, Ibere st, Agharandu st, etc. Ngwa road (New Market), Ohanku road and Obohia is a no go area. Street cultism is the order of the day. Teens moving in packs of 20-30 waylaying, robbing, raping and killing people. Their lingua is "whither you"... Criminals are having a field day in Aba. No single day passes by without an incident of public armed robbery especially at Iheorji, Umunkama, Owerri-Aba, Ohanku, Ibadan street areas. Abia got it wrong again! The abandoned iron rods for gutter construction in Ibere street has claimed 3 lives so far. One person was impaled through the neck by the rods. My dad fell & broke his leg in it too. He could have been the fourth. He is still bedridden since the first week of December 2016. I had to relocate my parents.

Most of the policemen there are no different from touts. Moving about with machetes, trench clubs, iron pipes and all sorts of dangerous weapons harassing innocent citizens/motorists for bribes. The military have been compromised. They are now tools of oppression. Bribe them and they will beat down your enemy. Those fools camped in Ndoki Road Primary School (Ngwa Road, Aba) are worse. They have lost sight of their initial mission. Harassing girls selling wares. Bigotry is their mission statement. A little misunderstanding with a Northerner and you will get reported to the northern military boys in Aba. The northern military boys will not even ask what transpired. They will beat you and ask questions later. The people are stomaching it for now but if not checked, an uprisal is inevitable.

Ikpeazu fix Abia. I know you have the capacity to do it. Don't leave Abia to rot. I beg you in the name of whatever/whoever you hold sacred. Edakun! Biko o... Inula?

I agree totally with you on this especially on the payment of owed workers salary.
Some workers are dieing of hunger in the state. A teacher recently died of hunger after several failed attempts to borrow money from co-staff which were also being owed at the moment.
It pains me a lot that these people (our so-called leders) can be this heartless...

does vacuum cleaner work at all?
I hardly see people use it

shouldn't we first get the national identity card and records right before talking about census?

kropotkin2:
For so long as the so called peaceful demonstrators persist in picking up our security agents and tossing them over the Niger bridge to their deaths, there will continue to be available a hail of bullets to rip them open

So a security officer equipped with gun with life ammunition will stand and watch you so approach him to the extent of touching him. Even if so thing is obtainable anywhere in this world, certainly nigeria is an exception.

fineyemi:
People keep asking "Where were the solders when this was happening".
The question we should ask is " Has the solders been paid to secure the corpers valuable items?

Please go pick your brain where you left it.
How can you be asking such a silly question?

Charliiee:
If you're a guy and you take waist pouch to camp, you're a fagggot, just get shorts with pockets, I mean bar your wallet and phone what else does a guy carry.

Don't forget you're gonig for a semi-militatry camping.
Weather guy or lady, while on parade you'll realise the importance.

achi4u:
You don't need to ban foreign rice rather make local rice cheap. The gap between the price of foreign and local rice is just 2 to 3k per bag so it is left for you to choose between the two.
Abakaliki rice is very sweet and can last forever with little or no stone.

You just read my mind bro. There should be fair competition in the market. It's never proper to impose, things on people. Everybody knows what is good for him or her. Price, quality, packaging, availability at the right time, etc should always be allowed to exist in the market.
Unfortunately our leaders are gradually turning to detectors.

It was clearly stated that she collaborated with shell in the said project.
People just find it so easy to insult their fellow.
From my simple understanding of the dictionary meaning of collaboration, it shows she worked hand in hand with shell on the project.
That's what most Nigerians are good at.
"Make money, abandon your community and the country at large and go abroad with your money to solve their problems and become famous over there".
It's so sad indeed.

TunezTV:
Yemi Alade in collaboration with Shell have launched a new project called Gravity Light in Korogocho Community in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Nigerian pop star cut the ribbon as the coy launched the new community centre in Nairobi which will be the new spot for the project that provides a convenient and clean environment for kids to study after school hours with gravity light thereby eliminating the use of candles and kerosene lanterns.

See photos below...

http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2016/11/yemi-alade-launch-light-project-and-new.html?m=1

It was clearly stated that she collaborated with shell in the said project.
People just find it so easy to insult their fellow.
From my simple understanding of the dictionary meaning of collaboration, it shows she worked hand in hand with shell on the project.
That's what most Nigerians are good at.
"Make money, abandon your community and the country at large and go abroad with your money to solve their problems and become famous over there".
It's so sad indeed.

this is good news
now we await the one from Northern Nigeria

Republic of Biafra loading ....60%

EVERY TIME WE KEEP HEARING HE'S SET TO DO ONE THING OR THE OTHER.
WHAT A CLUELESS ADMINISTRATION!!!

So, the blame has shifted from GEJ led administration to the CBN.
After CBN, who knows whom to be blamed next?
What a Change!!!

having that certificate, is it going to stop the security operatives from searching ones car in case if there is the need to do so?
sometimes I wonder if we have literates in the Senate at all.

the pictures I see here are exactly the same pictures that were published here on Nairaland when the past president GEJ was said to have bought arms for the military. I am beginning to see lies everywhere. Nothing can be as beautiful as always remaining truthful. people are getting wiser these days. stop deceiving the people!!!