The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has rejected the news of his removal by the institution’s governing council.
TalkGlitz.tv had earlier reported that Professor Ogundipe was removed as the university’s head by the governing council on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, during an emergency meeting in Abuja.
Oladejo Azeez, the university registrar, had said, “This decision was based on Council’s investigation of serious acts of wrongdoing, gross misconduct, financial recklessness and abuse of office against Professor Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe, FAS.”
Professor Ogundipe, in a counter-statement after the announcement, urged members of the public to disregard the council’s statement.
He called the announcement mischievous and a figment of the imagination of the council, saying:
The attention of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) management has been drawn to the ‘Notice to the General Public on the Removal of the Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos’ dated August 12, 2020, and signed by Oladejo Azeez, Esq, Registrar and Secretary to Council, stating that the current Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe, FAS has been removed from office with immediate effect.
This is untrue and a figment of his imagination. Therefore, stakeholders of UNILAG and the general public are advised to disregard this mischievous disinformation about the sitting Vice-Chancellor of UNILAG, contained in that notice. Professor Ogundipe still remains Unilag’s Vice-Chancellor.”
