LASU sacks 15 lecturers, 2 others for bribery, altering results

The Governing Council of the Lagos State University (LASU) has approved the sacking of 15 academic staff, and two non academic members of staff of the institution.

The council which also demoted one academic and one non-academic staff said the action is in conformity with Section 6(1) and (2) of the Lagos State University Law 2004 (as amended).

According to a statement made available to Ripples Nigeria, by Adedamola Adekoya, Acting Head, Centre for Information Press and Public Relations of LASU, the staff members were penalized for different offenses ranging from receiving bribes from students, altering students results and awarding marks to students who did not sit in examinations among other offences.

He stated that the Council as the governing authority of the University, exercises general oversight over the Institution and its affairs, and took the decision at its 115th Meeting held on Thursday.

The action, he stated, was based on the report of its Joint Council /Senate (Academic) Disciplinary Committee and the Joint Council (Administrative and Technical Staff) Disciplinary Committee.

Those affected included Dr. Isaac Akinloye, Oyewunmi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Human Kinetics, Sports and Health Education, Faculty of Education who was dismissed for allegedly demanded N50,000 from 2003 modular year students of Political Science Education on the sandwich Programme to process their results.

Dr. Adebowale Adeyemi-Suenu, Senior Lecturer and Acting Head, Department of History and International studies, Faculty of Arts was said to have unilaterally altered the results of 12 students already advised to withdraw by Senate in the Department of History and International Studies in the 2015/2016 academic session, changing their status from “withdrawn” to “good standing”.

He was also alleged to have changed the results of some final year students and stragglers outside the scope of the Departmental decision.

According to Adekoya, Dr. Adeyemi-Suenu allegedly awarded grade point of 2.0 to two students in an examination from which they were absent.

The statement continued, that “Mr Olatoye Mubin RAJI, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Religions, (Islamic Studies Unit), Faculty of Arts, was established to have falsified his November /December 2000 WAEC O’Level certificate. He was therefore DISMISSED from the services of University.

“Dr. Olugbenro Bankole ODOFIN, Senior Lecturer, Department of Education Foundation and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education was established to have altered One Hundred and Eighteen (118) students results and also awarded scores to students who did not sit for the examination in a certain course. He was therefore DISMISSED from the services of the University.

“Dr. Adebowale Adebayo ADEMESO, Senior Lecturer, Department of Theatre Arts and Music, Faculty of Arts, was established to have altered grades in sixteen (16) courses. He was therefore DISMISSED from the services of the University.

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“Dr. John Olufemi ADEOGUN, Associate Professor, Department of Human Kinetics, Sports and Health Education, Faculty of Education was found culpable of acts of dishonesty which is tantamount to misconduct. He was therefore DEMOTED from the rank of Associate Professor to Senior Lecturer.

“Dr. Scholastica Ebarefimia UDEGBE, Lecturer 1 Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management Sciences was established to have effected corrections on One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety-five (1995) results of students during her tenure as Acting Head, Department of Marketing between August 2012 and July 2016, in breach of laid down procedure for effecting correction on students results. In the circumstance, she was DISMISSED from the services of the University.

“Dr. Olufemi Olugbenga SOYEJU, Lecturer ll in the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, Faculty of Law was established to have defaulted on conditions of his Training Leave bond, and also abandoned his duty post. Consequently, he is to refund the sum of #7,919,972. 84 (Seven Million Nine Hundred and Nineteen Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy Two Naira Eighty Four kobo) within 30 (Thirty) days of this decision of the Council. He was also DISMISSED from the services of the University”.

Others named to have been dismissed for a similar offense, include Dr. Olawale Ganiyu Raimi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science; Mr Ademola Olusola Adesina, Lecturer ll, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science; Dr. Shamisudeen Olusesan Badmus, Lecturer ll, Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences and Dr. Christiana Ibidun Obagbuwa, Lecturer ll, Department of Computer Science, , Faculty of Science,

Also affected was Dr. Emmanuel Sesofia Asapo, Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical and Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering; Mr Lateef Babatunde Salami, Lecturer ll, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science; Olubukola Adetoun Oueniya, Assistant Research Fellow, Center for Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development and Dr. Fatimat Oluwatoyin Bakare, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Chemical and Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

“Also, Mr Ernest ODILI, Assistant Security Officer was established to have illegally collected the sum of #120,000 (One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira only) with the intention of upgrading the result of a part time B.Sc Computer Science student in 2012. He was accordingly DISMISSED from the services of the University.

“Mr Ramon Ajose ALLI (former Head Machine Operator) was established to have collected the sum of #20,000 (Twenty Thousand Naira only) from Achilike Kingsley to assist the latter substitute the falsified result in his personal file with another result. He was therefore DISMISSED from the services of the University.

“Mr Emmanuel Baoku BABATUNDE, Senior Security officer, was established to have been engaged in deliberate sabotage of the University security operations. Consequently, he is to be DEMOTED with effect from 13th February, 2015 to the next applicable level below his substantive post”, the statement also stated.

 

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