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  • EKSU VC denies arrest over alleged electoral violence

    The Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University (EKSU), Prof. Samuel Oye Bandele, has denied being arrested and detained for alleged involvement in electoral malpractice in Saturday’s governorship election.

    Bandele debunked news being circulated in various social media platforms that he was arrested while moving about with suspected thugs to disrupt voting in his hometown, Ijesamodu in Ilejemeje Local Government Area.

    Speaking on Monday during EKSU weekly management meeting, Bandele said he had to come out debunk the allegation because he has been inundated with calls and messages on his phone on the development.

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    Bandele stressed that although he was in his hometown to exercise his franchise as a patriotic citizen, he disclosed that he returned to his home after casting his ballot.

    The VC emphasized that he is not a politician and not a member of any political party but added that he was bound to be loyal to the Visitor to the university.

    Bandele also denied mobilizing 10,000 students of the university to deliver votes to a particular political party which he said could not have been possible because there is only one polling unit in the institution with less than 200 registered voters.

    He said: “I, Prof. Samuel Bandele, I am not a politician and I have made it very clear. I am very loyal to my principal and I maintain 100 per cent loyalty to all Visitors.

    “I want to say that all the news being carried on the social media that I am mobilizing 10,000 to come and vote for a political party is a lie.

    “They accused me of moving about with thugs in my village and carrying a ballot box. How will I descend so low to be doing that? They also alleged that I was arrested and taken to the police station from my village.

    “Although I travelled to my village to vote, after voting, I returned to my house and I did not come out again until the election ended.

    “I want to put the record straight that I did not move with any thugs and I did not steal any ballot paper or ballot box. I can never do that because I am a pastor.

    “I was never arrested, anybody that is in doubt that go to the Police to confirm. The news being spread on the social media is not true, it is a lie.

    “I have informed the management of what actually transpired and I have also mentioned it to the Chairman of Governing Council, Mr. Dele Adesina (SAN).”

  • EKSU students told to resume

    The Management of the Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, has urged all new and returning students to resume for academic activities.

    A statement by the Director, Information and Corporate Affairs, Mr Ajibade Olubunmi, noted that the directive came from the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Samuel Oye Bandele.

    The statement reads: “The Ekiti State Univ?ersity wishes to inform students that full academic activities have resumed on campus. The students are also to note that lectures and tests are ongoing.

    “The Vice- Chancellor of the university, Prof Samuel Oye Bandele, observed that some students are yet to register, pay the necessary dues and attend lectures. He therefore directed that all students should resume immediately, complete their registration processes in order to join their colleagues who are already attending lectures.

    “The Vice-Chancellor appealed to parents and guardians to advise their wards to heed the directive of the university management to the necessary dues and attend lectures.”

  • EKSU VC lauds NUC’s approval

    The Vice-Chancellor, Ekiti State University (EKSU), Prof. Samuel Oye Bandele, has applauded the approval of 11 new academic courses for Ekiti State University by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

    The Vice-Chancellor reeled out the programmes to include: Library and Information Science, Actuarian Science, Insurance Marketing, Cooperative and Rural Development, Tourism Studies and Educational Technology. Others are: Entrepreneurship, Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Anatomy and Physiology.

  • Disquiet in Ekiti varsity over alleged underground recruitment, contracts

    Disquiet in Ekiti varsity over alleged underground recruitment, contracts

    …VC: It’s not true

    Alleged underground recruitment of hundreds of new workers and award of contracts without due process is causing tension at Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti.

    Some workers of the university are accusing the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Samuel Oye Bandele of “secretly” recruiting more staff without the knowledge of the Visitor, Governor Ayo Fayose.

    Workers who spoke in confidence also accused Bandele of purchasing ten new cars, awarding contracts to his wife, Mrs. Comfort Titilayo Bandele, and taking her on official foreign tours “when she is not an official of the university.”

    Workers, in leaflets distributed on campus, accused the VC of engaging in “frivolous overseas trips” alleging that he had engaged in not less than ten foreign tours within one year of assumption of office.

    The staff also accused the VC of renovating his residence to the tune of N20 million and appointing his wife as Director of EKSU Water, a business venture of the university.

    They alleged that the VC’s wife is in charge of admissions, contracts and employments and influencing the appointments of several indigenes of her hometown, Itapa-Ekiti into the university.

    Defending his integrity, Bandele described the allegations as “lies from the pit of hell.”

    He accused some former workers who were dismissed for forgery and certificate racketeering as the brains behind the allegations.

    According to him, seven of them were sacked after being indicted in the scandal.

    Bandele denied recruiting 300 staff “secretly” saying only 15 new workers were employed since the last major recruitment exercise of last year.

    Bandele denied the allegation that his wife is in charge of admissions, contracts and employments and her appointment as Director of EKSU Water

    He admitted going on foreign official trips with his wife which he said were done on economy class rather than business class to which he is entitled.

    Bandele said: “This place was a den of corrupt people selling certificates and don’t expect that these people will be my friend.

    “There are evil people here, they don’t want the university to grow; before I came to office, there was a cabal here. In fact, they forged my signature and these people have been dismissed.

    “Last year, we recruited 300 but some people alleged that we recruited 700 or 1,000; these are lies because since the recruitment of last year, we have only recruited 15 persons to fill some vacancies.”

    Speaking on foreign tours with his wife, Bandele said: “I will continue to travel (abroad) with my wife because I will not travel with somebody else’s wife.

    “Some women here are not happy that I did not take them along and I have no apology for travelling with my wife whether local or overseas. If I travel with my wife, why are they angry?

    “We travel by economy class even when I am entitled to business class but I write for a waiver because I don’t want to defraud the university.

    “When I came on board, I told the Procurement Officer not to give any contract to my wife. She has not taken a kobo contract.”