Suspended FUOYE Bursar Accuses School of Harassment, Humiliation

Victor Ogunje

Few days after the Registrar of the Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Mr. Olatunbosun Odusanya, was sacked, the Bursar of the institution, Mrs. Bolatito Akande, has accused the management of the university of allegedly chasing and harassing her with security agencies after being ‘illegally’ suspended.

Akande, who was until May 7, 2021, the bursar of the university, regretted how the security agents deployed by the school Vice Chancellor, Prof Abayomi Fashina, had last Thursday prevented her from entering her office ‘despite not being found culpable of any offence’.

Odusanya, who was the immediate-past registrar, was last week sacked by the Governing Council of the university over alleged gross misconduct.

But the Special Adviser on

Media Matters to the Vice Chancellor, Wole Balogun, denied the allegation, saying all the security men deployed were at the gate and could not have prevented anyone from entering her office.

Addressing journalists yesterday, Akande explained that the personal assistant to the vice-chancellor sent a message to her last week inundating her of a petition written by the Joint Action Committee against her, and that a panel has been set up by the management to probe all the allegations raised.

Akande said she found it demeaning, humiliating and dehumanising that she was harassed by security agencies while trying to gain access to her office last Thursday, saying such brigandage shouldn’t exist in any higher institution of learning.