Union Leaders Arrested
Two leaders of the University of Lagos chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have been arrested at their homes by the police on Thursday.
According to Premium Times, Joseph Adefolalu and Adekola Adetomiwa were arrested between 1.30 a.m. and 2 a.m. on Thursday allegedly at the instance of the university’s vice-chancellor, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe.
The institution’s non-academic staff had been at loggerheads with the university management over the sharing of funds disbursed by the federal government for the payment of entitlements last year.
This week, the university was forced to postpone, indefinitely, its convocation earlier scheduled to hold between February 19 and 22.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that over 12 security operatives, arrived in three vehicles with special plate numbers, invaded Mr. Adefolalu’s Ikorodu residence at 1.30 a.m. and held the members of his family hostage until he was forced to open the door.
“They came around midnight and surrounded the entire house,” a family member, who did not want to be named, said.
“Initially, he did not want to open the door to them. We were all inside and some of the landlords in the environment came out. The security men who came with guns and clutching their walkie-talkies identified themselves to the landlords that they were from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Ikeja Division and acting on ‘orders from above.”
“Eventually when the threat became unbearable, and for the security of the members of his family, he surrendered to them. The invaders then dropped address with the family, whisked him away and took him to their Ikeja Office where he also met another Union leader, Mr Adekola Adetomiwa, who has also been arrested and detained.”
According to Premium Times, Joseph Adefolalu and Adekola Adetomiwa were arrested between 1.30 a.m. and 2 a.m. on Thursday allegedly at the instance of the university’s vice-chancellor, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe.
The institution’s non-academic staff had been at loggerheads with the university management over the sharing of funds disbursed by the federal government for the payment of entitlements last year.
This week, the university was forced to postpone, indefinitely, its convocation earlier scheduled to hold between February 19 and 22.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that over 12 security operatives, arrived in three vehicles with special plate numbers, invaded Mr. Adefolalu’s Ikorodu residence at 1.30 a.m. and held the members of his family hostage until he was forced to open the door.
“They came around midnight and surrounded the entire house,” a family member, who did not want to be named, said.
“Initially, he did not want to open the door to them. We were all inside and some of the landlords in the environment came out. The security men who came with guns and clutching their walkie-talkies identified themselves to the landlords that they were from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Ikeja Division and acting on ‘orders from above.”
“Eventually when the threat became unbearable, and for the security of the members of his family, he surrendered to them. The invaders then dropped address with the family, whisked him away and took him to their Ikeja Office where he also met another Union leader, Mr Adekola Adetomiwa, who has also been arrested and detained.”
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