We Don’t Recognise Soyombo As UNILAG Vice-Chancellor – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the union does not recognise Prof Theophilus Soyombo as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos.

The ASUU chairman, UNILAG chapter, Dr Dele Ashiru, said this in an interview with THE WHISTLER on Thursday.

The Pro-Chancellor and the Chairman of UNILAG Governing Council, Dr Wale Babalakin, had on Wednesday presided over a meeting in Abuja where Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe.was removed as the vice-chancellor of the university.

The Governing Council on Thursday announced Soyombo as the Acting vice-chancellor but this move has been greeted with criticisms and rejection.

The.appoinent was announced in a statement by the Registrar/Secretary to the Council, Oladejo Azeez.

The registrar said the council had appointed the acting VC, to replace Ogundipe, who had been allegedly involved in financial misappropriation, among others.

But the ASUU chairman described the removal of Ogundipe and appointment of Soyombo as a failed coup.

The ASUU chairman said, “We don’t recognise Prof Soyombo as the vice chancellor.of UNILAG.

“Somebody has been illegally remove and we have said no to that illegality, how can we give the illegal surrogate support? No way.

“The ASUU Congress has spoken and nobody can change the decision of the Congress. The Congress said the removal of Prof Ogundipe is illegal and it cannot stand.”