The Lagos State University (LASU) Governing Council has dismissed the chairman and vice chairman of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) in the institution and 15 others over various malpractices.
The dismissed chairman and vice chairman are Isaac Oyewunmi and Adebowale Adeyemi-Suenu respectively.
LASU spokesperson, Ademola Adekoya, said in Lagos on Friday that the institution also dismissed two non-academic staff and demoted two others.
Among others dismissed for various financial and academic misconducts are Olatoye Raji, Olugbenro Odofin, Adebowale Ademeso, John Adeogun, Scholastica Udegbe and Olufemi Soyeju.
Other are Olawale Raimi, Ademola Adesina, Shamisudeen Badmus, Christiana Obagbuwa, Emmanuel Asapo, Lateef Salami, Olubukola Oyeniya and Fatimat Bakare.
Mr. Adekoya said that the decision to dismiss the staff was taken at LASU 115th governing council meeting on Thursday.
“Pursuant thereto, the Governing Council with immediate effect dismissed 15 members of the academic staff, two members of non-academic staff, and sanctioned two others for different acts of misconduct,” Adekoya said.
He said Oyewunmi was dismissed for demanding N50,000 from students while Adeyemi-Suenu was sacked for “unilaterally altering the results of 12 students already advised to withdraw from the institution by Senate.”
Adekoya said the council established that Oyewunmi demanded N50,000 from 2003 modular year students of political science education on the sandwich programme to process their results.
He said the council found Oyewunmi culpable of attempt to obtain money for himself as an inducement to carry out his duties and consequently dismissed him from the service of the university.
Adekoya said the university established that Adeyemi-Suenu unilaterally altered the results of 12 students of history and international studies already advised to withdraw from the institution by senate.
The incident took place in 2015/2016 academic session.
