Management
of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has trailed and arrested Adeyeye
Olorunfemi; a vocal student recently victimized over Facebook post
accusing the school management of incompetence.
Adeyeye’s
arrest today follows his rustication over a critical article he posted to his
Facebook wall about on the poor handling of management affairs in the
institution under headship of its current Vice Chancellor, Prof. Rahman Bello.
Mr.
adeyeye was arrested by the campus security men on Wednesday and
taken to its " Alpha Base" a temporary detention centre operated
by the UNILAG campus security unit.
Adeyeye
was cornered and arrested alongside three others; Tomi Aina, Lateef Olawale,
and another student only as "Olufela."
Saharareporters
learned that the campus security men were acting upon a tip-off that Adeyeye
was attending a meeting of students activists concerned about the poor state of
management of campuses and victimization of student activists across the
country. The meeting was aimed at mobilizing students against a clampdown on
student activists.
An
eye witness said Adeyeye was exchanging phone numbers with some students who
saw him at the University gate when the campus security men, who apparently had
been trailing him approached him and three others before arresting them.
The
arrested students have now been transferred to Sabo Police Station in Yaba area
of Lagos.
Sources
said they were held overnight at the Alpha Base detention center on campus.
The
student source also hinted that UNILAG authorities picked Adeyeye for detention
in order to destabilize an ongoing plan by student activists across the country
to hold a massive protest at UNILAG’s gate on October 1st against the
victimization of students in Nigeria.
“But
they are only making the massive protest garner more weight by so doing”, the
student source added.
-Sahara Reporters.
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